![[Connaught Circle, Delhi]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/connaught-circle_0.jpg?itok=eaSsOHfD "[Connaught Circle, Delhi]")
Connaught Circle was built as part of Lutyen's Delhi between 1929 and 1933 to be the principal commercial plaza of New Delhi. Rangoon Studio was a well-known photographic studio at 58, Janpath and seems to have closed later as rents rose.
The Grand Hotel on Chowringhee Road, colonial Calcutt's main corridor, is now the Oberoi Grand Hotel. Built in the late 19th century, it was used by thousands of troops in World War II and today is among the most luxurious in India.
Sharif al Mujahid in his book In Quest of Jinnah Diary, Notes and Correspondence of Hector Bolitho (pp. 51-2), which collates many unpublished pieces by Jinnah's first biographer, includes this excerpt dated 11 April [1952]:
"Visit to Liaquat Gardens
![Abtabad [Abbottabad]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/abtabad.jpg?itok=xEXUDn9F "Abtabad [Abbottabad]")
Abbottabad, located 50 km northeast of Islamabad in the Orash Valley, has a rich history spanning over 170 years.
J.D. Gondhalekar (1909-1981) produced a series of at least ten postcards called "Indian Topics" around 1942, among the few Indian-artist signed postcard series from colonial times.
A curious real photo postcard, possibly taken at a Simla, of a local woman in a rickshaw, published in Lausanne, Switzerland.
[Original handwriting, Verso] "Oct. 24/[19]29 Visitors to the Khyber [Pass] required to halt 3 mi. from this sign."
For all the popularity of monkey performers, their depiction on postcards, especially with a crowd watching (example without a crowd) is unusual.
Leopoldo Dagradi (1871-1928) was an Italian operatic tenor who studied at the Regio Conservatorio of Milan, receiving his diploma in 1898. His professional journey began in 1900; this card, autographed by him, would have been given away when he was
Postmarked in Bombay Nov. 19, 1910 and addressed to Miss Louella Shoemaker, Freeport, Illinois, USA: "Bombay, India 11/18-1910. Dear Daughter: Greeting. I thought you would like to see how little girls play 'hide and seek' in India.
