I have now located the photo mentioned in the mail quoted below. Can send a scanned copy off-list, if anybody is interested. Nothing to do our List; just a little bit of nostalgia. -- H On Monday, June 07, 2010, I'd sent this mail: Subject: Jaguar-ed! Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] The Silver Cloud ----- Original Message From: "sandra carney" Moira, I have always wanted to drive a Jaguar too! >> from Moira Breen: I have always wanted to drive a jaguar! But that is also out of my reach. ======================== As you might know, Jaguar is now owned by India's car giant Tata. Does anybody remember an old advertisement of early 1980s, when it was still British-owned? It showed a school boy standing at the roadside, staring at a Jaguar flashing past. Just two words were printed below the photo: ''Someday'', ''Someday''. It was a nice eloquent piece of art. I found it in a borrowed magazine and liked it so much that I couldn't resist tearing off the page. Hope the owner didn't notice my crime. I still have that page somewhere in my files. --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

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Anglo-Indian Heritage Centre. Interview with Paul Harris, Independent Documentary Film MakerGuys, for anybody interested in all things AI. Paul is doing a sterling job re: his Raj video. Cheers, Lynne. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: nigel Foote Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 11:48 AM Subject: Anglo-Indian Heritage Centre. Interview with Paul Harris, Independent Documentary Film Maker Please share this youtube video. Nigel Foote traveled to Sydney with Paul to cover Paul interviewing A-I's for his " End of the Raaj" documentary. http://www.youtube.com/user/angloindian1#p/a/u/0/2NFFSYqWH1g This next youtube video is Nigel interviewing Dr Richard Johnson about Paul's documentary production. http://www.youtube.com/user/angloindian1#p/a/u/1/TTgpZbABvDI Regards and many thanks, Nigel Foote Creative Producer UNIQUE IMAGE CREATIONS Melb, Aus. For the Anglo-Indian Heritage Centre Collection

Here is something that will keep you occupied for hours together. Long live the person who has made available for us such a massive lot of Raj-era photos. Well, as far as I can make out, the photos themselves aren't old - but the subjects are. Everyone of those buildings featured in this album was built either in the 19th or mid- 20th century - that is, during the British Raj period. This gentleman ''DBHKer'' seems to have travelled to a number of places in the former Empire and snapped the still-surviving historic buildings there. He (or she) has something for everyone - 690 items spread over 39 pages - including images from Townsville; Gympie, Qld; Melbourne; Sydney; Brisbane -- all in Australia; Bombay; Delhi; Calcutta; Madras; Meerut; Simla; Barrackpore -- all in India; Rangoon; Penang; Ipoh; Singapore; Hong Kong; Canton; Shanghai; Taiping .... Hats off to this man's generosity and love for history. Visit this first page and begin from there. Click on each thumbnail to read the description. Every image can be further enlarged. See you in about a month's time. http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

The following mail came from a reader who is not our member. I am forwarding it by removing the attachments it contained. If you have any replies for him, please send them directly, with a copy to our List (no attachemnts allowed here). --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar ----- Original Message ----- From: Karl & Melanie Lobo [email protected] Subject: Fw: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Monsoon bonanza for Raj Railway lovers Dear Mr Bhalerao, I have read your blog with keen interest. I am a rail enthusiast with my grandparents and ancestors being employed on the Indian Railway (mostly Northwest Frontier), pre independence. They were of British and Anglo-indian descent.. My Grandfather - Mr Walter Tresslor worked at the Moghulpura workshops in Lahore until 1949. He and the family came to India thereafter took up a job with the BARSI LIGHT RAILWAY and was based at Kurduwadi. He served as Asst Foreman Carriage and Wagon at the Kurduwadi Workshops until his death in Jan 1959 by a railway accident wherein he was run over by an engine. Reading the various articles on your blog and going through the pictures of The Frontier Mail at Ballard Pier brought some vivid recollections of stories which my Grandparents narated about how the Frontier Mail would run from Ballard Pier to Landi Kotal right up to the Frontier which is why it bore the name. They would also tell stories of the "Air Conditioned" coaches colled using large blocks of ice, in which they would travel in style with the bearers in attendance, etc. We did pay a visit last year to Kurduwadi and to the workshop where we met some of the descendants of his staff. It was extremely nostalgic. I have attached some pictures. He also built some coaches in the Moghulpura workshops for the "Silver arrow" train which ran between Lahore and Delhi. The miniature models built by him are in the Matunga workshops, we were told. Is there any record of trains and railways pre-partition? Hoping to read some more and to get a copy of the book Western Railway: Heritage, Traditions and Legend by A. K. Jhingron. As well as HAUNTING INDIA & 1600-1947 ANGLO-INDIAN LEGACY - A BRIEF GUIDE TO BRITISH RAJ INDIA HISTORY, NATIONALITY, EDUCATION, RAILWAYS & IRRIGATION (2000), by Alfred D.F. (George) Gabb CEng, MICE, Chartered Civil Engineer. (ISBN 0 948333 89 8). Yours sincerely, Karl Lobo

Michael, even this time also, the message came without any link. --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Ali" <[email protected]> 'Lawrence College is 150 years old and still at top' Dawn ePaper - Digital replica of Print Edition.

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One of them betrayed his own people and helped the Ungrez (English) fly the Union Jack from the ramparts of Shaniwar Wada in Poona - an act that formally confirmed the demise of the Maratha Rule. Perhaps as an act of penance, this community later produced a number of revolutionaries and freedom fighters, each greater than the other. Phadke, Chafekar, Tilak, Gokhale, Savarkar ... the immortal legends. Their stellar role in India's freedom struggle is simply awesome. Who are they? Here is a scholarly look at the origins of the (Marathi-speking) Chitpavan (or Kokanastha/Konkanastha) Brahmins of Western India. http://www.kelkar.net/Home/chitpavans --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Amazing and simply awesome! Monsoon bonanza for Raj Railway lovers: A set of BB&CI Railway archival pictures. http://www.bcmtouring.com/forum/photography-f17/railways-t15049-48/ http://www.bcmtouring.com/forum/photography-f17/railways-t15049-49/ http://www.bcmtouring.com/forum/photography-f17/railways-t15049-50/ Found at this wonderful, great web-page (newly updated): http://railwaysofraj.blogspot.com/ --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Two links: 1 - See 108 online images of old Calcutta (Kolkata) at: http://www.kolkataweb.com/picture/index.php?p=12&subcat=OLD 2 - Online map of pre-1947 Calcutta (Kolkata) at: http://www.calcuttaweb.com/maps/calold.shtml --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

That's fascinating, Arvind. Please let us know of any follow-up! Gordon Barlow Dear Listers, I came across the following interesting article about an underground tunnel that connects the location of today's St George's Hospital to the Fort in Bombay. The tunnel apparently dates back to the early British days of Bombay, when the British had rivals like the Dutch, the Portuguese and the Marathas. The existence of the tunnel has been within the knowledge of a few, though it was not widely known. The article also has some photos of the interior of the tunnel. The article may be seen at http://www.mumbaimirror.com//index.aspx?page=article&sectid=2&contentid=2010 061820100618043141898163c02cc Arvind Kolhatkar, Toronto, June 21, 2010.

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Here is an online place where you'll find 96 vintage photos of Chennai aka Madras. Vintage Vignettes is a collection of original glass negatives of India taken around between 1880-1930. http://www.madraschennaiphotographs.com/gallery.htm --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Dear Listers, I came across the following interesting article about an underground tunnel that connects the location of today's St George's Hospital to the Fort in Bombay. The tunnel apparently dates back to the early British days of Bombay, when the British had rivals like the Dutch, the Portuguese and the Marathas. The existence of the tunnel has been within the knowledge of a few, though it was not widely known. The article also has some photos of the interior of the tunnel. The article incorrectly mentions that St George's Hospital stands on the site of the earlier Fort St George. This is not so. Fort St George was the name of the British fort after which the area in South Bombay known today as 'Fort' has been named. The article may be seen at http://www.mumbaimirror.com//index.aspx?page=article&sectid=2&contentid=2010061820100618043141898163c02cc Arvind Kolhatkar, Toronto, June 21, 2010.

And very good they are too John; I have watched them twice now as the BBC loves to "fill in" slots in the evenings. Mind you in my case most railway films get watched, now is that anything to do with my "anorak" ..{;}> Peter. > > http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Documentary-on-Hill-railways-of-India-bags-UK-award/636391 > ooroo >

Sunday , June 20 , 2010 TO SCHOOL ON AN ELEPHANT Sarah Barakat Ullah (née Massey) of the Terai jungle around Dehra Dun was an intrepid schoolteacher of early times. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100620/jsp/opinion/story_12571585.jsp By the end of the 19th century, school teaching became a favoured occupation for early women professionals. In India, neighbourhood schools as well as those for girls were obviously preferred, often with students and teachers going to school in curtained tongas, carriages and, later, buses. However, there were a few intrepid ones like Sarah Massey, who not only chose to work in a school in the Terai jungle around Dehra Dun, but also to use an elephant as her usual mode of conveyance. When in her eighties (she was born in 1888), Sarah Barakat Ullah (née Massey) hand-wrote memories of her life that have been preserved by her granddaughter, Jamila Verghese. Apart from the written text, there are many photographs that tell the story of this unusual family, cataloguing, among other things, changing sartorial styles, and, of course, Sarah's life with the family's Ford and with Kishan Piyari, the elephant. (snip). --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

Sunday 20 June 2010 The family tree puzzle As South African Indians commemorate 150 years of the landing of the first ship from India with indentured labour, Dipti Nair tracks down people who are eager to retrace their origin to the mother country. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/76290/family-tree-puzzle.html --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

"The Last Maharajas" exhibition held recently in Paris, featured the costumes of the Grand Durbar from 1911 to 1914, a time when textiles were the soul of royalty. Full story, dated Sunday, Jun 20, 2010, at: http://www.hindu.com/mag/2010/06/20/stories/2010062050190500.htm --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

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