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Raja Ravi Varma Commemorative First Day Cover 1971

1971 Raja Ravi Varma Commemorative First Day Cover

1971 Raja Ravi Varma Commemorative First Day Cover 1971 Raja Ravi Varma Commemorative First Day Cover. India's Raja Ravi Varma ....read more

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c1906 Photo Postcard Raja Ravi Varma Portrait

Raja Ravi Varma’s Portrait Photo – Old Postcard 1904

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Raja Ravi Varma’s Portrait Photo – Old Postcard 1904

Raja Ravi Varma Oleographs and other Art

Raja Ravi Varma's Portrait Photo - Old Postcard 1904 This is a rare photo postcard of Raja Ravi Varma from ....read more

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C1844 Print Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Cavalcade

Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Cavalcade – Old Print 1888

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Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Cavalcade – Old Print 1888

Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Cavalcade - Old Print 1888 This is antique steel engraved print dating to around 1888, measures 27 ....read more

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c1894 Print Falls of Gairsoppa or Jog Falls

The Gairsoppa Falls or Jog Falls – Old Print 1894

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The Gairsoppa Falls or Jog Falls – Old Print 1894

The Gairsoppa Falls or Jog Falls - Old Print 1894 This is a hand-colored print from "The Illustrated London News" ....read more

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Raja Ravi Varma's "Birth of Shakuntala" Oleograph of c1894

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

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

Raja Ravi Varma Oleographs and other Art

Click on the photo for better view Raja Ravi Varma's "Birth of Shakuntala" Oleograph 1894 This unique Raja Ravi Varma's ....read more

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Fort St George & Madras Town – Antique Hand Colored Map

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Fort St George & Madras Town – Antique Hand Colored Map

Fort St George & Madras Town - Antique Hand Colored Map This is a hand-colored antique map of Fort St ....read more

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Fort St George In Madras – Antique Map / Plan 1782

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Fort St George In Madras – Antique Map / Plan 1782

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Antique Print-Plan Of Suratta or Surat c1720

Suratta or Surat – Antique Map / Plan 1720

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Suratta or Surat – Antique Map / Plan 1720

Suratta or Surat - Antique Map / Plan 1720 This is an original 1720 print of the map/plan of the ....read more

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Antique Print-Plan OfFort Cochin & City c1764

Fort Cochin – Antique Map Plan 1761

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Fort Cochin – Antique Map Plan 1761

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Fort At Coylan – Antique Map / Plan 1764

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Fort At Coylan – Antique Map / Plan 1764

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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

1971 Raja Ravi Varma Commemorative First Day Cover

1971 Raja Ravi Varma Commemorative First Day Cover

Raja Ravi Varma’s Portrait Photo – Old Postcard 1904

Raja Ravi Varma’s Portrait Photo – Old Postcard 1904

Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Cavalcade – Old Print 1888

Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Cavalcade – Old Print 1888

The Gairsoppa Falls or Jog Falls – Old Print 1894

The Gairsoppa Falls or Jog Falls – Old Print 1894

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

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

Fort St George & Madras Town – Antique Hand Colored Map

Fort St George & Madras Town – Antique Hand Colored Map

Fort St George In Madras – Antique Map / Plan 1782

Fort St George In Madras – Antique Map / Plan 1782

Suratta or Surat – Antique Map / Plan 1720

Suratta or Surat – Antique Map / Plan 1720

Fort Cochin – Antique Map Plan 1761

Fort Cochin – Antique Map Plan 1761

Fort At Coylan – Antique Map / Plan 1764

Fort At Coylan – Antique Map / Plan 1764

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