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What was the Delhi Durbar 1903 / Jun 21st, 2017 1:32 am     A+ | a-
Ninth Pair of Elephants: Alwar - Dewas Senior

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Both elephants marching in front of the Jumma Masjid. This image was among the first bunch of copies that I bought from the British Library. I made a mistake in the kind of copies I should have ordered. By those times, most of my research was on paper, so I ordered the copies on paper, that is printed copies. Three months later I had found out that it took me ages to go through all my papers, documents, newspaper cuts and photographs. It was so much faster if I had everything in my PC. So I digitalized everything. My second batch of copies was ordered in digital format. What a difference. I ended ordering the first ones again, digital this time.


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Here, the painting of the maharaja of Dewas Senior is not from 1903. He was 14 years old when he was the Durbar. He was sitting beside a British officer, as you will see in the following photos.


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The elephants again, along the south side of the Jumma.


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Here, passing in front of the Clock Tower and the Main Hall. The picture of the Maharaja of Alwar on the side, was taken a few days later, during the Retainers Review, at the Amphitheatre.


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A detail of both elephants

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Here is the amazing detail that my digital copies have. These copies are precious treasures to me.

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Beau Geste Alwar Elephant (set 190) retired


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The Alwar Group (sets 190, 290 and 314)

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Alwar and Dewas Senior at the turn from Chadni Chawk st to Ahmad Pai.
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