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Description: | Photograph of a general view of the 'Darul Bahar' within the Dilkusha Gardens at Barddhaman West Bengal, taken by an unknown photographer in c. 1904. This is part of a album of photographs presented to Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, by Bijay Chand Mahtab of Burdwan (r.1887-1941), on his short visit to the city on 2nd April 1904. This photograph looks from the driveway towards the porte-cochère and the main façade of the building which is designed in the European classical style. The Diluksha was the Summer Palace of the Maharajas set in a landscaped garden with a zoological garden and old tanks. | 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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