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Lady Curzon Hospital, In the British Era, Bangalore, 1900 Postcard A 1900 postcard of the charming Lady Curzon Hospital in Bangalore (Bengaluru) during the British era. It was better known as the Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospitals, later renamed to Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Institution in 2020. Located in Cantonment (Shivajinagar), from where the ....read more
Ulsoor Lake In Late 19th Century, Bangalore, 1890 Postcard A 1890 postcard of the Ulsoor Lake during the late 19th century in Bangalore (Bengaluru). After the 4th Anglo-Mysore War in 1799, the British, set up a military cantonment around the Fort and Ulsoor Lake (now Halasuru Lake). Though it was a tank built by Kempe Gowda ....read more
Nizam's Hyderabad The Third Dominion, 1947 Map A 1947 map of the dominions of India and Pakistan with Nizam's Hyderabad the third dominion. Hyderabad was founded in 1724 by Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah, the proxy of the Mughal dynasty. This prosperous princely state covered much of the Deccan Plateau. It boasted of its own army, railways, postal ....read more
The Burning of St. Mark’s Church in Colonial Bangalore Two contrasting photographs from 1923 offer a glimpse into the long and turbulent history of St Mark’s Church in British-era Bangalore (Bengaluru). One image shows the majestic church in its earlier glory, while the other captures the devastating aftermath of a fire that left the structure in ....read more
Panoramic View of New & Old Delhi & Surrounding Country, 1860 Print An 1860 engraving with a panoramic view of new and old Delhi and surrounding country. The ruins of old Delhi lies on the left, new Delhi was the walled city of Shahjahanabad. Shahjahanabad was founded in 1648, and Shah Jahan decided to shift the ....read more
British Cantonment Town of Bangalore, 1914 Map A 1914 vintage map of the once quaint little British Cantonment town of Bangalore (Bengaluru). It was far from what it first looked like when the British occupied the fort and the Pettah in 1791. Bangalore had metamorphosed into a quaint little cantonment city under the British by 1914. ....read more
Bangalore Race Course During The British Era, 1924 Postcard This is a 1924 postcard of the Bangalore Race Course during the British era. It is probably well known by now that the British established Bangalore (Bengaluru) after the 4th Anglo-Mysore War. The city became an important cantonment for the British, and they stationed cavalry units there ....read more
New Market or Russell Market of British Era Bangalore, 1933 Postcard A 1933 postcard of Bangalore's famed Russell Market, formerly New Market during the British Era Bangalore (Bengaluru). This photo was likely taken after the Russell Market opened in 1933. A building for the open-air market was initiated by the then T B Russell the municipal ....read more
