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Horse-Drawn Tram Kolkata – Old Photo 1880

Horse-Drawn Tram Kolkata - Old Photo 1880 This is an old 1880 photograph of a horse-drawn tram in Calcutta, now ....read more

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Government House Calcutta – Old Photo 1890

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Government House Calcutta – Old Photo 1890

Government House Calcutta - Old Photo 1890 This is an old 1890 photo of the Government House Calcutta or Kolkata. ....read more

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Antique Photo Of South Parade Road Bangalore

South Parade Road Bangalore – Old Photo 1880

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South Parade Road Bangalore – Old Photo 1880

South Parade Road Bangalore - Old Photo 1880 This is a rare old photograph of South Parade road, now M.G. ....read more

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Antique Photo Bangalore Cantonment Area 1880

Bangalore Cantonment Area – Old Photo 1880

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Bangalore Cantonment Area – Old Photo 1880

Bangalore Cantonment Area - Old Photo 1880 This is an old photo of the Cantonment Area in Bangalore, now Bengaluru. ....read more

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This blog illustrates a Past-India through my personal collection of antique and vintage mediums of Raja Ravi Varma oleographs, old India photos, old India postcards, old India paper prints…

Although the collection may or may not be too varied, but gives a general reflection on what India looked like in the past. And how it has evolved till today. 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. Calcutta and Bombay had initially started off with Horse-Drawn Trams before the 1900s, and both electrifying it later.

That, in World War II, they scaffolded the Taj Mahal as a camouflage against possible air attacks from the Germans and Japanese. All in all, the jewel in my 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) of 1894.

Some legacies of the British Raj are not missed out in this collection. Buildings, monuments, streets, railways, transportation… Many of these buildings and streets have gone through several makeovers to the extent of being unrecognizable today or have completely disappeared. But the memories are kept alive hopefully to some extent by this collection.

As they say- “seeing is believing.” I do hope you would enjoy the collection. Please feel free to send in any emails to- info@past-india.com

Horse-Drawn Tram Kolkata – Old Photo 1880

Horse-Drawn Tram Kolkata – Old Photo 1880

Government House Calcutta – Old Photo 1890

Government House Calcutta – Old Photo 1890

South Parade Road Bangalore – Old Photo 1880

South Parade Road Bangalore – Old Photo 1880

Bangalore Cantonment Area – Old Photo 1880

Bangalore Cantonment Area – Old Photo 1880

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