Category: Vintage Years

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 loyal camel trooper of the British Indian army.

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

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.

Once upon a moonlit square: A photo of Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi by Felice Beato, 1857.

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

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The Death Railway.

Emaciated prisoners of war at Tarsau, 1943.

Making it razor sharp.

A Mohammedan man sharpens a knife in British India, 1860

Marked X337.

A U.S army soldier poses in black and white Camouflage, 1914

The old palanquin bearers.

Palanquin bearers await passengers in Bombay, 1858

The HMS Ranchi, an unlikely war hero.

The HMS Ranchi sails for the Fremantle Harbour in Western Australia

V for victory.

Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the victory sign, December, 1941

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Wars of Humayun.

A list of battles of the second Gurkani emperor Humayun.

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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.

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.