Although opium was a major crop in the rise of the East India Company, and India the major producer of opium sent to China, with production carefully taxed and recorded, barely a handful of postcards seem to acknowledge the crop and its manufacture.
Naseem Banu (4 July 1916 – 18 June 2002) was a prominent Indian actress who rose to fame in the 1930s and 1940s.
While the word "dandy" suggests being fashionable, and may be a secondary meaning, the word is said to actually come from "dandi" or the Hindi/Urdu word for stick, which are used to distribute the woman's weight across them men's shoulders.
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Shankar is another name for Lord Shiva, one of the most important deities in Hinduism.
A poignant hand-painted card by an A. White, likely on this ship as it was leaving India after Independence.
[Original handwriting, verso] "This musical instrument is called Murli. When Krishna brought the snake out of the Jamna river he played on this instrument and on that account he is also known as Murlidhar." [end]
King George V (1865-1936) and Queen Mary (1867-1953) visited Peshawar from 2nd to 5th December 1905, as part of the Tour of India, but this real photo postcard was likely printed a decade or two later, so significant was this visit to British
One of the few Dutch postcards of Indians, though these portraits often were striking, like this postcard of a Hindu.
The elder brother of Sardar Patel and also a formidable politician, he was often at odds with Gandhi and founded the Swaraj Party.
This hand-painted postcard has this message written across the back in ink, likely by a European owner: "Ganesh, Ganpati the elephant-headed God. The Hindus invoke his name when they commence any important business.
