Jul 22, 2009

Dakshineshwar Temple - Calcutta (Kolkata) - 1865

Photograph of Dakshineshwar temple from 'Views of Calcutta and Barrackpore' was taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The temple was built by Rani Rashmoni in 1855 and is dedicated to the goddess Kali. Within the temple complex there are twelve smaller temples devoted to Shiva.

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Jul 21, 2009

St. Paul's Cathedral - Calcutta (Kolkata) - 1865

This photograph of St. Paul's Cathedral from 'Views of Calcutta and Barrackpore' was taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. Located on the south-east corner of the Maidan, St. Paul's Cathedral was designed by Major W. N. Forbes in an Indo-Gothic architectural style and built in 1839. Rev. Daniel Wilson, the Bishop of Calcutta was the major financial contributor towards the building of St. Paul's Cathedral.

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The Fort & the River Hooghly - Calcutta (Kolkata) - 1885

Photograph, from an album of 62 views of India and Ceylon. It was reproduced in Montague Massey, 'Recollections of Calcutta for Over Half a Century' (Calcutta, 1918), and there credited to Johnston & Hoffmann. View from inside Fort William, looking across the buildings of the fort towards shipping moored on the Hooghly. The High Court can be seen on the skyline in the right background. Fort William was initially built in 1707 and in 1742 a defensive moat was dug to fortify it against threat of attack by the Marathas. In 1757 when Robert Clive retook Calcutta from the forces of Siraj-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, a new Fort William was conceived and constructed within ten years. In the process, large swathes of jungle were cleared around the fort, an esplanade was created, and in the following decades the levelled ground provided ample space for the erecting of the glittering white colonial structures which impressed Calcutta's visitors and made it look a prosperous imperial city.

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St John's Church - Calcutta (Kolkata) - 1865

Photograph of St. John's Church from 'Views of Calcutta and Barrackpore' taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. St. John's Church, located in northern Calcutta near the banks of the Hoogly river, was designed by Lieutenant James Agg and built in 1787. St. John's architectural model was based on St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London. The colonnaded verandas were later additions in 1811.

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Jul 19, 2009

British in India - Various - Part 3

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Landscape with Buildings

Garden


British Men and Women Group Photo

British Man in front of a Bunglow

British Group Photo

British Household

British Household

British Group Photo

British Bunglow

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British in India - Various - Part 2

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British House with Horse Car

British House

Bunglow Lahore 1901

British Men in front of a Bunglow 1881

British Bunglow in Hill Area

British Bunglow in Hill Area

British Men in a Bunglow

Bunglow with a Car

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British In India - Various - part 1

I found these images from Life Archive hosted by Google. Exact date, place and origin is unknown for maximum pictures.

Century House Asansol, Bengal 1925

Bunglow

Bunglow, Horse and British Men
1876

British Bunglow

British Man relaxing

British Bunglow, Asansol Bengal 1940's

iThe Deputy Commissioner's Bunglow Rangamati

Garden

British Men - Forest Conference at Allahabad January 1874

British man on horse

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