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040-003049655 Subject Chhatris

1. Photo 146/1(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(70)
Title:
Bombay, The Konkun Coast, Angria's Kolaba. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Angria Chief's 'ghur' (fortress) of Kolaba. Just offshore from Alibagh. Another view of the interior of Kolaba. The Executive Engineer of Kolaba District (Brit. period) and his wife standing by a 'chhathri', or site of cremation.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 146/1(202)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(202)
Title:
A Hindu chhatri memorial of cremation of a man of a military caste and the sati of his widow, on the foreshore or Malwan. The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Following the operations of Sir Lionel Smith in the Konkun in 1815 the coastal towns and fortresses of Malwan, Riari and Vengurla were ceded by the Rajah of Kolhapore in perpetuity to the East India Company. Detachments of the Bombay Artillery than occupied Sinnadrug and Rajkote. The infantry ma...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

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