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Description: | View showing a crowd with the Maharaja of Kolhapur, with attendants and officials watching a wrestling match taken by an unknown photographer in 1894 from the Lee-Warner collection taken on the occasion of the installation of His Highness Shahu Chhatrapati (1875-1922), the Maharaja of Kolhapur. Maharaja Shahu Chhatrapati was descended from the younger son of Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha empire. Shahu Chhatrapati (r.1884-1922) succeeded to the throne as a minor on 17 March 1884, the country was ruled by regents until 1894 when the Maharaja came of age. Kolhapur is famous as a centre for the traditional wrestling style, kusti and has produced several Indian national wrestling champions. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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