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How the Bengal army came to be an army of robust Sepoys.

Delving into the fascination of populating the Bengal army with impressive Prussian type native Sepoys.

Love regular payments? Join the Bengal army.

In the 17th century, monthly payments made service in the Bengal army a great attraction.

And it took a mutiny to change policing.

A vintage photo from 1900, and why policing changed in British India, from the Kotwali system of the Mughals.

The death of Charlotte Chambers during the Mutiny of 1857.

During the mutiny of 1857 the gruesome and ritualistic murder of Charlotte Chambers was a rallying call.

Good journalism. But instigating journalism.

An illustration that beautifully presents the brutality of 1857, and how 18th century Journalism used it to evoke pathos.

The loyal camel trooper of the British Indian army.

A photo from January 1857 shows a mounted Camel Trooper, possibly of the Punjab Irregulars.

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Greetings Card for Love and Friendship: Say it with an Oxeye Daisy, Do you love me, Do you love me not.

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Greetings Cards: Genuine Quotations by Sir Winston Churchill.

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Greetings Cards for Farewells: Bid Goodbye with Salvador Dali.

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Wallpapers for Desktops and Mobile Phones: A Winter Jasmine in a Forest | Jasminum Nudiflorum named by, John Lindley 1886 ad.

Download and decorate your desktop and mobile phone with flowers and history. This wallpaper features a photoart presentation of a Winter Jasmine flower in a forest. This flower was named and classified as Jasminum Nudiflorum by botanist John Lindley 1886 AD.
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Greetings Card for Thanks: Thank a Buddy with Enrico Fermi.

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Greetings Cards: Genuine Quotations by Francisco Goya.

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Greetings Card for Thanks: Thank a Mentor with Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman.

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Greetings Card for Farewells: Say it with Sardar Vallabhbhai Javerbhai Patel.

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Vintage Years

A homage to historic moments, yesteryear photos and photographers.

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John Murray and his photo of the infamous well of Bibighar.

One of the earliest photos of the infamous well of Bibighar in Cawnpore, British India.

A Felice Beato photo of Chandi Chawk: Once upon a moonlit square.

A Felice Beato photo reveals what Chandi Chowk in old Delhi was like in 1858.

Tampon TN Gas masks: Inspection at Argonne.

A photo from 1916 reveals a line of French soldiers wearing the Tampon TN gas mask.

Training in progress.

Indian soldiers train for trench warfare during World War I, 1915.

Gas Masks: What can harm me, can harm my dog too.

A photo from 1916 shows a French soldier and his canine companion wearing gas masks.

Woof goes the whistle.

A dog train in Brzezany, Galicia, Austria 1916.

Posters for Print: Lala Lajpat Rai.

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Posters for Print

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Desktop and Mobile Phone Wallpapers

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Wallpapers for Desktops and Mobile Phones: A Winter Jasmine in a Forest | Jasminum Nudiflorum named by, John Lindley 1886 ad.

Download and decorate your desktop and mobile phone with flowers and history. This wallpaper features a photoart presentation of a Winter Jasmine flower in a forest. This flower was named and classified as Jasminum Nudiflorum by botanist John Lindley 1886 AD.
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Do you hear a plane coming?

Japanese emperor Hirohito inspects the Type 90 sound locator in 1930.

British allies, sketched and coloured for 40 guineas.

Troops of the Native Allies was a colored lithograph published in 1867

Churchill weds Roosevelt.

Franklin D Roosevelt and Winston Churchill attends Sunday Service on board the HMS Prince of Wales, 1941

Wasn’t it John Duncan Spaeth who said it?

Origin of the phrase the sun never sets on the British empire and its witty rejoinder.