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Breach Of The Madras Iron Pier – 2 Prints 1880
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Breach Of The Madras Iron Pier – 2 Prints 1880

Breach Of The Madras Iron Pier – 2 Prints 1880

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The Madras Iron Screw Pile Pier, 1863 Print
The Madras Iron Screw Pile Pier, 1863 Print
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The Madras Iron Screw Pile Pier, 1863 Print

The Madras Iron Screw Pile Pier, 1863 Print

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Madras Central Railway Station, 1873 Print
Madras Central Railway Station, 1873 Print
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Madras Central Railway Station, 1873 Print

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Madras Central Railway Station, 1940 Advertisement
Madras Central Railway Station, 1940 Advertisement
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Madras Central Railway Station, 1940 Advertisement

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Dutch Captured Fort Cochin & City, Antique Map 1663
Dutch Captured Fort Cochin & City, Antique Map 1663
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Dutch Captured Fort Cochin & City, Antique Map 1663

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Chinese Fishing Nets At Fort Cochin Coast, 1922 Print
Chinese Fishing Nets At Fort Cochin Coast, 1922 Print
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Chinese Fishing Nets At Fort Cochin Coast, 1922 Print

Chinese Fishing Nets At Fort Cochin Coast, 1922 Print

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Kerala Backwaters & Cargo Boats, 1922 Print
Kerala Backwaters & Cargo Boats, 1922 Print
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Kerala Backwaters & Cargo Boats, 1922 Print

Kerala Backwaters & Cargo Boats, 1922 Print

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Tellicherry On The Malabar Coast, 1922 Print
Tellicherry On The Malabar Coast, 1922 Print
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Tellicherry On The Malabar Coast, 1922 Print

Tellicherry On The Malabar Coast, 1922 Print

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Antique Map of Salsette Bombay 1893
Salsette or Mumbai Suburban – Vintage Map 1893
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Salsette or Mumbai Suburban – Vintage Map 1893

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Raja Ravi Varma’s “Birth of Shakuntala” Oleograph 1894

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This site illustrates a past India through a collection of antique and vintage mediums of Raja Ravi Varma oleographs, old India photos, old postcards, old paper prints, and so on.

Although the collection may or may not be too varied, but generally projects a glimpse to what India looked like in the past. And how it has evolved since then. Few would realize that once there were Trams in Bombay, Madras, Delhi…

That, Madras operated the first electric Tram in India from 1895 up to its closure in 1953. With Calcutta and Bombay starting off with Horse-Drawn Trams, later electrifying them by the early 1900s.

That, in World War II, they camouflaged the Taj Mahal with bamboo scaffoldings. So as to project it as a construction site that perhaps would fool any air attacks from the Germans and Japanese might, although this never happened. All in all, the jewel in this collection is the rare Raja Ravi Varma’s “Birth of Shakuntala” oleograph or chromolithograph of 1894. This was the first oleograph to come out from the then newly opened Raja Ravi Varma Fine Arts Lithograph Press(or FAL press) in 1894.

The many legacies of the British Raj are not missed out in this collection. Many of the buildings and streets have gone through several makeovers to the extent of being unrecognizable today or have completely disappeared from the scene. But the memories are kept alive hopefully to some extent by this collection.

As they say- “seeing is believing.” Hope you enjoy this collection. Please write to us at- info@past-india.com

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Past India

You can see the main categories on the top of the page, and except for the “Raja Ravi Varma Oleograph & Other Art” category all the other main categories have drop-down to sub-categories. You can then select the subject of your interest or you can check through the search box and if available it will display the results. The photos, prints & picture postcards depict a varied subjects of a Past India we may have forgotten- from people on the streets to people at grand events like Delhi durbar, from Taj Mahal to Gateway of India, from residential areas to commercial areas, from home exterior to interior of homes and so on. This site also includes a photo of "Charlie Chaplin" with his autograph signed on the back. There are also old maps, books, Raja Ravi Varma’s oelographs etc. “A picture is worth a thousand words” is an old adage, I’m sure this blog should interest you likewise. All the items displayed are from my personal collection unless otherwise specified.

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