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Shaukat Ali was charged with sedition in Karachi for encouraging Indian army troops to not serve in the British army, and sent to prison in Karachi's central jail.

A very early blue-toned postcard from booksellers Cobridge and Co. Sent from Bombay's Sea Post Office, date unclear, to Mr. J. Sherman, 12 Middleton Square, Clerkennell, E.C. London, England: "With fondest love to all from Arthur."

There are few postcards available of Indians who worked, often as indentured labor, in other British possessions before Independence.

Note the lone girl in the right corner as if balancing the weight of the school, founded in the late 19th century by the American missionary Emma Knowles.

This 17th century palace, now known as Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal, was built by King Tirumala Nayaka, of the Nayaka dynasty, and was once spread over a much larger area than what remains today.

One of the earliest postcards of India published by a British-based firm, F. Hartmann & Co. in London (India-based British firms had been publishing postcards of India since about 1897).

Now the Amitabh Bachan Sports Complex, this resolute example of Raj architecture was constructed in 1879. The architect was Richard Bayne, and the designs came from Professor Gamble at the precursor to what is now the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Printed on the side is the message, most likely from a firm:

Happy Holidays and a Fortunate New Year wish
from K. and A. Ringger, Bombay

The publisher seems to speak to the Indian customers with this translation perpendicular to the image, and perhaps educate European ones:

[Recto]"Translation in English from the Arabic written on her tomb"
"He is alone everliving and everlasting".

[Original caption] Commenced in 1637 and completed in 1648 A.D. by the Emperor Shahjahan. Wonderful Building in the world. [end]