Our Restless Neighbours The Pathans
Postcards of Pathans who inhabited the North West Frontier Province (NWFP, now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) bordering Afghanistan were often shown with their weapons, in poses that made them see dangerous.
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A Model of Rajput Beauty
This card with its carefully arranged colorful stamps was postmarked March 16, 1911 in Egypt, and likely sent in an envelope to someone as there is no address on the back and likely was destined for a collector.
Tombs of Princess Jahanara and Nizamuddin, 4 miles from Delhi
Princess Jahanara's Tomb was built during her lifetime and completed in 1681, the year of her death.
The Club, Mooltan
Constructed in 1880 by the Nawab of Bahawalpur of bricks made from mud from the Chenab River, the Multan Club has thirteen domes in what is called a Turkish style. Today it is the Army Garrison Mess, and hosts many weddings.
Katkari
Paul Gerhardt made a number of postcards of the people around the Ravi Varma press in Karli, outside Bombay, including the Katkari in Maharashtra.
Hard Life in India
There are many such postcard views, trying to celebrate in a humorous way, life for colonists during the British Raj.
Compare to the black and white version.
Late Motilal Nehru Day, Karachi
Motilal Nehru was the father of Jawaharlal Nehru, and a very popular politician during the early struggle for Independence, and twice President of the Indian National Congress.
On The Pipeline
The pipeline under a 4 kilometer walk between Nathiagali and Ayubia is still a popular, spectacular walk and was apparently first built in 1851 and improved in 1930.
Missionary Catechists of Mary Immaculate Mymensingh Hindustan On Tour at the Home of the Garros
Many of the very few postcards of Bangladesh from pre-Partition times are by Catholic missionaries in Mymensingh in particular, here shown incongruously on a bullock cart.
[Original French title] Catechistes Missionnaires de Marie Immaculee -
Government House, Peshawar
Government House in Peshawar was completed in 1903, and has been expanded while keeping the same design since. The angle and style of photographs of Government Houses throughout the Raj were meant to assert the authority of the colonial regime.
