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Dec 3, 2017

The Kashmiri (Cashmere) Gate, Delhi - 1895

Photograph of the Kashmir Gate at Delhi, taken by Lala Deen Dayal in the 1890s, from the Curzon Collection: 'Views of places proposed to be visited by Their Excellencies Lord & Lady Curzon during Autumn Tour 1902'. Lord Curzon served as Viceroy of India between 1899 and 1905. The Kashmir Gate is one of the northern gates in the city walls of what is now known as Old Delhi, originally the city of Shahjahanabad built in the 17th century by the Mughal emperor Shan Jahan (r.1628-58). The Kashmir Gate was built in 1835 by Major Robert Smith and was made into a double gateway in 1857 at the time of the Indian Uprising. This gate was blown up when the British retook Delhi during the Indian Uprising of 1857.

Source: British Library

Nov 19, 2017

Hyderabad 1880s

HH the Nizam's Chowmahela Palace, Hyderabad; a photo by Lala Deen Dayal, 1880's

The entrance bridge to City, Hyderabad; a photo by Lala Deen Dayal, 1880's

Distant view of City, Hyderabad; a photo by Lala Deen Dayal, 1880's

May 16, 2017

Delhi Gate of Red Fort - Delhi 1895, Photographed by Lala Deen Dayal

Photograph of the Delhi Gate at the Red Fort in Delhi from the Curzon Collection, taken by Lala Deen Dayal in the 1890s, from the Curzon Collection: 'Views of places proposed to be visited by Their Excellencies Lord & Lady Curzon during Autumn Tour 1902'. The Delhi gate is one of two main entrances to the Lal Qila or Red Fort, the palace citadel built in the 1640s by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (r.1627-1658) as the headquarters of his new capital, Shahjahanabad. The palace apartments are contained within a fortification wall built of red sandstone, surrounded on three sides by a moat and on the fourth by the river Yamuna. This is a general view of the gate from outside the fort, showing the bastions, battlements, chhatris and turrets which crown the walls.

Source: British Library