British Military Camp In Kashmir, 1866 Photo
A 1866 photo of a British Military camp in Kashmir. This was probably a military camp in an unknown area of Kashmir. Camps are indelibly stamped onto the history of human society. As a site of refuge and rest, of defense and protection. Temporary campsites suggest a mode of dwelling and survival traceable to a remote human past.
Tented camps were handy for a quick stay over and pack and go, or even for prolonged stay. The Anglo-Maratha wars and after the defeat of Tipu Sultan in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War of 1799. The British spread their footprints over India steadily. Many of the places, being remote villages, virgin forests, or uninhabited lands were had limited supplies.
The British set up tented camps as the best option available. The settlements would sometimes slowly grow from there to become a more permanent inhabited place. On a closer inspection of this photo shows a European is lounging under a tree, with an old lady in a sari sitting close by, and an Indian attendant stands near the dining tent.
See past post British Family At Dal Lake Kashmir, Old Photo 1895.
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