Old Court House Street - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1865

Photographer: Oscar Mallitte

Old Court House Street ran from Esplanade Row to Lal Bazaar on the eastern side of Dalhousie Square in Calcutta. This view shows one of the four ceremonial gateways to Government House on the left, which were based on designs for Adam's archways at Syon House in Middlesex, and St Andrews Church at the end of the street in Lal Bazaar. On the right of the view are commercial buildings. St. Andrew's Church is visible on the north corner of Old Court House Street and Lal Bazar Street in the distance.

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General Post Office (GPO) - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1875

Photographer: W. G. Stretton

Calcutta General Post Office was built in the 1860s in Dalhousie Square, now renamed Benoy Badal Dinesh Bagh, after three Indian freedom-fighters. The building was designed by Walter B. Grenville and erected on the old Fort William site.

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Hare Street, Calcutta (Kolkata), looking towards the River - 1878

This photograph is a view from the top of the Telegraph Office, with the Dalhousie Institute situated below. Dalhousie Square, with a corner of the Dalhousie Tank, and the General Post Office are on the right.

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Dalhousie Barracks within the grounds of Fort William in Calcutta (Kolkata) 1885

This photograph shows a view of the Dalhousie Barracks within the grounds of Fort William in Calcutta. The building is partly obscured by the Staff Barracks in the foreground.

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Currency Office in Dalhousie Square - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1878

The Currency Office, on the east side of Dalhousie Square, contained the Office of Issue and Exchange of Government Paper Currency. Dalhousie Square, named after Lord Dalhousie who was appointed Governor-General in 1847, was the main administrative area of Calcutta. The square also housed the headquarters of the East India Company known as the Writer's Building, the Currency Office, and the General Post Office. Dalhousie Square has been renamed BBD Bagh after three Indian nationalists Benoy, Badal, and Dinesh. St. Andrew's Church is visible in the background.

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Group Photograph of Bhutia People of Darjeeling - 1860's

The Bhutia are ethnic Tibetans who speak Sikkimese, a Tibetan dialect fairly mutually intelligible to standard Tibetan. In 2001, the Bhutia numbered around 70,300. Bhutia here refers to Sikkimese Tibetans; in contrast, the Bhotiya are a larger family of related Tibetan peoples in northern Nepal of which the Bhutia are one member group. 

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