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Rare 19th Century Pictures of India
Raja Deendayal (1844-1905) was a legendary Indian photographer. In 1894, he was appointed court photographer to the royal family of Hyderabad, one of the wealthiest provinces of Mughal India. In this picture taken in 1899, the King of Hyderabad Nizam Mahbub Ali Khan and his party pose with tiger skins.  Over the course of his remarkable career, Deendayal opened studios in Indian cities, employing over 50 photographers and assistants. This is a picture of the Grand Duke Alexander of Russia and companions after a cheetah hunt in March 1891.  Deendayal and his photographers took more than 30,000 photographs of architecture, landscapes and people. This is Deendayal's picture of guests at a fancy dress ball taken in Hyderabad in February 1890.  Deendayal's work is preserved in India and is the subject of a new book to be released in May. This is a portrait of Nizam Mahbub Ali Khan of Hyderabad, taken sometime in 1887-88.  The opulent drawing room of the Bashir Bagh palace in Hyderabad, 1888.  The "thousand pillar temple" at Hanamkonda in southern Andhra Pradesh state, 1887-1888.  The famous Water Palace in Deeg in the northern state of Rajasthan, 1884.  The entrance to a famous fort in the northern Indian city of Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh state, taken in 1878.  |
