Rumi Durwaza, Lucknow
Rumi Darwaza is an iconic gateway located in the heart of Lucknow, India.
Rumi Darwaza is an iconic gateway located in the heart of Lucknow, India.
A poignant hand-painted card by an A. White, likely on this ship as it was leaving India after Independence.
[Original caption] Built during the reign of Akbar the great in 1599 A.D. [end]
An apparently delicately stenciled postcard where the dense but eroded condition of the original panels are veiled by loosely applied tints.
[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]
Postmarked May 24, 1919, some six months after World War I was over, though the card itself is probably dated earlier. Note the European man apparently smoking a pipe in the background.
A lightly tinted real photo postcard from an unusual low angle.
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.
These generic postcards, with a different city slapped on the top signboard and the message, were rare in British India, perhaps because of the most incongruous scene and in this case, forest setting.
Khursheed Bano was a prominent actress and singer in Bollywood during the 1930s and 1940s. Born on April 14, 1914, she was a pioneer of Indian cinema.