At 04:36 02/08/05 +0530, you wrote: >Dear Henry, >Howdy,I do collect memoribilia ,stamps,etc of the Princely states & lives in >Jamnagar(erstwhile Nawanagar),hence could make out something of what you >sent. >The First one is in Gujarati and says ...GOVINDLAL & CO.,AHMEDABAD...From >BOMBAY ,dated 18.12.'73. >The Second one is also in Gujarati & Says...THAKAR HARJI RATANSHI GOKALDASS >dated 22.4.'74. >Both the dates must either VS or 1800's.And,the pictures must be of leading >traders or merchants. >The third is a Post card with writing in Hindi, saying...MAHARAJA >DHIRAJ..the name cannot be read dated VS 1914...was there a state called >DHILWARA or something similar?The Post card has been printed by a firm in >Bombay. >Hope that was of help to you. >Ciao, >>Umesh K.Bahri Greetings, Thanks to both Umesh and Arjun for deciphering the writing and at least identifying two of the individuals. Regretfully the third picture will remain largely unknown. The title of Maharajadhiraja should narrow things down but still no success. Cheers, Henry PS Venkatagiri and Vizianagram have been updated.
: > At 04:36 02/08/05 +0530, you wrote: > >Dear Henry, > >Howdy,I do collect memoribilia ,stamps,etc of the > Princely states & lives in > >Jamnagar(erstwhile Nawanagar),hence could make out > something of what you > >sent. > >The First one is in Gujarati and says ...GOVINDLAL > & CO.,AHMEDABAD...From > >BOMBAY ,dated 18.12.'73. > >The Second one is also in Gujarati & Says...THAKAR > HARJI RATANSHI GOKALDASS > >dated 22.4.'74. > >Both the dates must either VS or 1800's.And,the > pictures must be of leading > >traders or merchants. > >The third is a Post card with writing in Hindi, > saying...MAHARAJA > >DHIRAJ..the name cannot be read dated VS 1914...was > there a state called > >DHILWARA or something similar?The Post card has > been printed by a firm in > >Bombay. > >Hope that was of help to you. > >Ciao, > >>Umesh K.Bahri There was a jagir called bhilwara in rajasthan. Either in mewar or jaipur. But they were certainly not "Maharaja Dhiraj" but plain thakurs. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com