Military Brigade Parade British Era Bangalore, 1918 Postcard
A rare 1918 postcard of the Military Brigade parade during the British era in Bangalore’s parade ground. Bangalore (Bengaluru) was a cluster of villages in the 18th century, its destiny changed after the defeat of Tipu Sultan in the Anglo-Mysore Wars at Seringapattnam. The British forces breached the impregnable Tipu’s Fort in Bangalore in 1791.
Thereby the Europeans stayed on with a garrison in Bangalore because of its cool weather and strategic location. By 1831, Bangalore steadily became an important military base. A cantonment was formed, it is essentially a city in a city. By 1902 Lord Kitchener the Commander-In-Chief, India, carried out a series of reforms unifying the various splinter groups of smaller chieftain armies into greater unifying army brigades. As a result, one of the formations was the Bangalore Brigade.
See my posts- Vintage Photo Bangalore British Regiment Parade 1928.., and Old Postcard – Cameron Highlanders Regiment Bangalore 1911. Read also about- Bangalore Brigade.
Did you know- The Bangalore Torpedo was created in the city. A deadly explosive used in both WW1 & WW2 successfully by the military.
From the collection- Vintage Photo Taj Mahal & Flying Carpet Plane., Raja Ravi Varma’s “Birth of Shakuntala” Oleograph c1894., Vintage Postcard Bangalore Fort., Antique Print Bombay Fort & Harbor View., Page From Rare 1713 Latin Book on Calicut
