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A finely hand-tinted postcard and gorgeous display of color.

Among the more interesting postcards are those showing Indians abroad, in this case serving as police officers in Hong Kong, then also a British possession.

While this postcard published in Jaipur may have had nothing directly to do with the Swadeshi movement then taking off in Bengal, the charkha was am emblem of that cause for self-sufficiency and using indigenous materials and processes instead of

A hand painted postcard of a favorite sport for Indian Maharajahs, British colonial officials and well-heeled tourists.