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King George V & Queen Mary In Bombay - 3 Postcards 1911
King George V & Queen Mary In Bombay – 3 Postcards 1911
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King George V & Queen Mary In Bombay – 3 Postcards 1911

King George V & Queen Mary In Bombay – 3 Postcards 1911

Bombay Postcards, Old India Postcards

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European General Hospital Bombay, Old PC 1900
European General Hospital Bombay, Old PC 1900
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European General Hospital Bombay, Old PC 1900

European General Hospital Bombay, Old PC 1900

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British Women In Field Sports India, Photo 1890
British Women In Field Sports India, Photo 1890
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British Women In Field Sports India, Photo 1890

British Women In Field Sports India, Photo 1890

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Prince of Wales's Tour of British India, 1921 Photo
Prince of Wales’s Tour of British India, 1921 Photo
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Prince of Wales’s Tour of British India, 1921 Photo

Prince of Wales’s Tour of British India, 1921 Photo

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Hooghly River & High Court Kolkata, Old PC 1910
Hooghly River & High Court Kolkata, Old PC 1910
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Hooghly River & High Court Kolkata, Old PC 1910

Hooghly River & High Court Kolkata, Old PC 1910

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New Market British Era Kolkata, Old Postcard 1916
New Market British Era Kolkata, Old Postcard 1916
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New Market British Era Kolkata, Old Postcard 1916

New Market British Era Kolkata, Old Postcard 1916

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Great Eastern Hotel Kolkata, Old Postcard 1905
Great Eastern Hotel Kolkata, Old Postcard 1905
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Great Eastern Hotel Kolkata, Old Postcard 1905

Great Eastern Hotel Kolkata, Old Postcard 1905

Calcutta Postcard, Old India Postcards

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Viceroy Visits Nizam's Hyderabad, Old Print 1911
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Viceroy Visits Nizam’s Hyderabad, Old Print 1911

Viceroy Visits Nizam’s Hyderabad, Old Print 1911

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Parliament House New Delhi Newly Completed in 1927, Old Print
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Parliament House New Delhi Newly Completed in 1927, Old Print

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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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