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EAP838/1/3/1/70
- Record Id:
- 041-003939131
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-003939060
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100123290704.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP838/1/3/1/70
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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Photo taken inside Singha Durbar in front of Parliament House (Gallery Baithake) between Nov. 16- 22, 1945 George R. Merrell, then U.S. Chargé d'Affaires at New Delhi, presented the Legion of Merit to Prime Minister the Maharaja Padma Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana in recognition of the role played by Gurkha soldiers from Nepal in the British Army during World War II (all known individuals listed from left) (SJBR= Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana) Front Row: 1.Unknown 2.Unknown 3.Commanding General Prachanda SJBR 4.Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel R. Hoskot, Military Attaché 5.Senior Commanding General Babar SJBR 6.H.H. Maharaja Padma SJBR, Prime Minister 7.George Merrell, U.S. Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. at New Delhi 8.General Mohan SJBR, Commander-in-Chief The First U.S. Official Visit to Nepal (Photo by Ganesh Man Chitrakar 1945) 9.J. Jefferson Jones III 10. Commanding General Kaiser SJBR 11. General Krishna SJBR Second Row: 1.Major General EK Raj SJBR Third Row: 1.Major General Surendra SJBR 2.Major General Narendra SJBR 3.Major General Mrigendra SJBR 4.Major General Sharada SJBR 5.Major General Shanta SJBR Fourth Row: 1.Gurujyu (Hindu priest) 2.Gurujyu (Hindu priest) 3.General Shankar SJBR 4.Major General Shur SJBR Fifth Row: 1.Unknown 2.Major General Laxman SJBR Sixth Row: 1.Major General Nir SJBR 2.Major General Kiran SJBR. Photo taken by Ganesh Man Chitrakar.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- The Photographic Collection from DirghaMan and GaneshMan Chitrakar Art Foundation
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003938116
036-003939060
040-003939061
041-003939131 - Is part of:
- EAP838/1 : Dirgha Man Collection of photographs [Late 1800s-mid 1940s] Ganesh Man Chitrakar [mid 1940s- early 1950s]
EAP838/1/3 : Glass Plate Negatives (10"x12")
EAP838/1/3/1 : Life in the Courts: Portraits and Ceremonies
EAP838/1/3/1/70 :Photo taken inside Singha Durbar in front of Parliament House (Gallery Baithake) between Nov. 16- 22, 1945 George…
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003938116[0003]/036-003939060[0001]/040-003939061[0070]/041-003939131
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP838/1
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 Tiff image
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/item/EAP838-1-3-1-70
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not Applicable
- Start Date:
- 1945
- End Date:
- 1945
- Date Range:
- 1945
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)