Nepal Army [The Royal Nepalese Army at Tundikhel, the military parade ground in the centre of Kathmandu.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of the Royal Nepalese Army at Tundikhel, the military parade ground in the centre of Kathmandu. Prime Minister Bhimsen Thapa (r. 1804-1837) began the conversion of Tundikhel to military purposes as part of his creation of a permanent modern Nepali army. The militarization of Tundikhel contin...
[A regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry (British Indian Army) showing their musicians in the front row.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a large group. A regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry (British Indian Army) showing their musicians in the front row. Joseph Gaye was bandmaster to the bands of the 32nd (Punjab) Bengal Native Infantry (Pioneers), 45th (Rattray's Sikhs) Bengal Native Infantry and 38th Bengal Infantry fo...
Prisoners outside jail, Katmundu, Nepal. Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of four prisoners are posed for the camera wearing leg irons, the chains kept from dragging by strings around the prisoners' waists. The Central Jail was created in 1914 from several prisons - including the Bhadragol, the double-walled Golghar Jail and the men's and women's prisons - located...
[Joseph Gaye, bandmaster to the Royal Nepalese Army (1888-1892) and amateur photographer.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a man wearing a uniform. The man is Joseph Gaye, bandmaster to the Royal Nepalese Army (1888-1892) and amateur photographer, is posed in his RNA uniform and wearing his Afghanistan medal with the Ali Masjid bar, awarded ten years earlier whilst in the British Army. The family left Nepal a...
View of a boy sitting astride a pony with two attendees. The boy is Joseph Gaye's son, Arthur Nepal (1888-1959). The building is similar to many within the Thapathali Darbar, Kathmandu, but has not been definitely identified. The side of the building is clearly Newar in detail with carved window ...
[Joseph Gaye's wife Mary (1860-1948) with their children and staff outside their bungalow in Simla (Shimla).] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a woman with children and staff outside a bungalow in Simla (Shimla). The woman is Joseph Gaye's wife Mary (1860-1948). The children from left to right are Herbert Victor (1894-1954) (with a stroller), Arthur Nepal (1888-1959), Edith Marian (1896-1996) (in the arms of a staff member) and ...
[Herbert Victor Gaye, son of Joseph and Mary Gaye.] Photographer(s): Gaye, Joseph
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View of a boy wearing a child's British sailor outfit and pointing a toy gun. The boy is Herbert Victor Gaye, son of Joseph and Mary Gaye. Herbert was born in 1894 in Calcutta, India and died 1954 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The photo was taken in Simla (Shimla), India, where the family live...