Wednesday, June 5, 2019

20 Rare Images of Maharaja of India

 Edward the Prince of Wales [1894-1972], on his tour of India and seen riding with the Maharajah on the back of Hiragana, the royal elephant, 1922.
 Former Maharaja of Mysore, Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur (1919 - 1974), on horseback on the day of Ayudha Puja, part of the Hindu Dasara festival, Mysore, Karnataka, India, 1956.
 Full portrait of a group of noteworthy men in the study of the Maharajah, in the royal palace of Jaipur, India
 SEP 27 1970, OCT 6 1970, OCT 7 1970; Temptation in a Turban; Mary Gail Horan as Gaby finds herself the "object of affection" of an adoring maharajah, played by Roger Simon in the Bonfils Theatre production of Michael Todd's "Around the World in 80 Days." The musical is based on the Jules Verne classic and opens Thursday at the theatre. Performances will be at 8:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 31. Box-office telephone

 A Maharaja with His Wife
 Guests at a state banquet given at Vijay Palace  Rajpipla  Gujarat  India, during the state visit of the British Governor of Bombay, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon 1866  1941 February 1917 Hosting the banquet is Maharajah Jayasinhji of Rajpipla (1890 - 1951, seated, centre-right in turban). Seated on either side of the Maharajah are Lord Willingdon and his wife, Marie Freeman-Thomas (1875 – 1960

 India, wedding ceremony of a maharaja. Indian dancing girls and musicians perform in the palace. - probably in the 1910s
 Indies, 1922, Prince of Wales' journey to India, On the royal elephant 'Hiragaz', the Prince and the Maharajah entering the Palace of Gwalior
 Maharajah of Alvar, Photograph, 27th June, 1929
 Maharajah of Patiala's heir getting married, attended by eight Maharajahs. Visible are Maharajah of Patiala, Maharajah of Loharu, Raj Kumar
 Maharajah Jayasinhji of Rajpipla 1890  1951, left with his guests, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Rajpipla, Gujarat, India, December 1929. The 5th Duke of Sutherland is George Sutherland-Leveson Gower(1888  1963 and his wife is Eileen Sutherland-Leveson-Gower nee Butler 1891  1943

 Mr and Mrs Bergdorf Goodman (far left and far right) dining with Maharajah Jayasinhji of Rajpipla (1890 - 1951) and his future wife, Ella Atherton (1905 - 1995) in New York City, May 1939.
 Paintings in Jain temple Bhadreshwar Bikaner India
 Royalty. India. Circa 1920's. A photograph taken at the Silver Jubilee of Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala. From the left, the rulers of Kalsia, Loharu, Mandi, Nawanagar, Jammu and Kashmir,Kapurthala, Alwar, Patiala, Bikaner, Bharatpur and Palanpur
 The Elephants Of Maharaja In Ceremonial Dress Which They Don Exclusively For Great Ceremonies (Crownings, Birthdays, Etc.) And Which Otherwise Is Used Primarily For Tiger Hunting.
 The horse of Maharajah Ram Singh III, sovereign of Jaipur, India.
 The return of Maharajas In India In February, 1993 - Madaj Rao Scindia reviewing his troops
 The return of Maharajas In Jaipur, India In February, 1993 - 1992, the wedding of his daughter, with maharajas of Jaipur and Jodhpur.
 Travel, India, Circa 1900's, A group photograph of a typical Maharajah with some members of his family
Travel. India. British Empire. Circa 1895. The Lieutenant General of the Punjab having tea with five local Maharaja's, two Raja's and one Nawab.

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