"Raj Photographer" (1 Viewer)

[PolarBear]

Ali Aziz of Bombay was one of a number photographers in cities throughout India that have left us an important visual record of life under the British Raj.

Figure by Wm. Hocker Set 120

 

[PolarBear]

Many of the photographs taken by native photographers give us a record of the uniforms worn by the British military in India during this period as seen in the example below:


Dressed in his white tropical uniform this soldier was a member of the 2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire "Alexandra,
The Princess of Wales Own" Regiment. He wears one Long Service & Good Conduct stripe on his lower left sleeve
denoting 2 years of service. These were awarded to qualifying privates and lance corporals.


Cabinet Photograph
K. B. Modi - Photographer
Umballa Cantt, Punjab, India
c 1897

 

[Hadrian]

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