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RARE PHOTOS INDIA 1890'S

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Prince Albert Victor in India: entertainments at Jeypore, 1890. '1. Palace and Castle of the Maharajah of Jeypore. 2. A Nobleman's Carriage. 3. A Naga. 4. Black-Buck Fighting. 5. Sambur Deer Fighting...visit of his Royal Highness Prince Albert Victor of Wales to the Maharajah of Jeypore, one of the ancient reigning Princes of Rajpootana...Jeypore...stands at the base of a rocky hill crowned with a strong fortress or castle, below which is the magnificent towered palace, with pillared cloisters and courts, and walled gardens, terraces, alcoves, [and] fountains...[The] Prince arrived on Thursday

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Painting of Raja Badan Singh of Bharatpur State holding hands with Bala Krishna, with prince Jawahar Singh behind him, from an illustrated 'Sujan Charitra' series, by Ramji, Jaipur School

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Sivadass, Naga of Niwayi, Jeypore; Naga of Jeypore; Sookadev Shekawatty, Oudeypore, 1876. 'The Nagas, supposed to be one of the aboriginal tribes, like the Bheels or the Ghoonds, are met with all over Rajpootana [in India]. They lately killed an officer of the Government, and troops had to be sent to chastise them. The men who met the Prince [of Wales, future King Edward VII) at Jeypore [Jaipur] are a kind of armed followers of the Maharajah. They were not all dressed alike; many had a corset of tiger-skin, and a few had a curiously ornamented hood, projecting high up at the back of the head,

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