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Reference (shelfmark):: EAP838/1/7/1
Title:: Life in the Courts: Portraits and Ceremonies
Scope & Content:: Life in the Courts: Portraits and Ceremonies. The Ranas ruled Nepal from 1846 when Jung Bahadur Rana captured power from the Shah Kings and started a 104 year rule as hereditary Prime Ministers. As Dirgha Man started working in the courts since the late 19th century, Rana Portraits and Ceremonie...
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Late 1800s
Extent:: 47 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP838/1/7/1/15
Title:
Scope & Content:: Returning the dead body of King Mahendra to Kathmandu. He was on a hunting trip to Chitwan while he had a heart attack.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1972
Extent:: 1 Tiff image

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP838/1/7/5
Title:: Portraits
Scope & Content:: Nepal opened up to the outside only in 1950s. Cameras were only allowed to the Ranas and a few elites. The portraits taken before the 50s are interesting as they give a glimpse into a common man's life that are not documented otherwise.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Late 1800s
Extent:: 447 TIFF images

Reference (shelfmark):: EAP838/1/7/5/27
Title:
Scope & Content:: From left: Expedition leader, Sir John Hunt, Tenzing Norgay Sherpa and Edmund Hillary after the first summit to Mount Everest in 1953 welcomed at Kathmandu Durbar Square.
Collection Area:: Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1953
Extent:: 1 Tiff image