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'Union Club' s colonial building, Thanjavur (TN), a vestige of British legacy ought to be preserved for posterity

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Union Club bldg. Thanjavur upload.wikimedia.or Union Club bldg. Thanjavur newindianexpress.com Above image: Initially in 1872 it started out as a library to be used by the literate people of this

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Thanjavur Vinayaga temple - eviction of a family from the temple after 60 years by HR & CE.

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Ganesa temple where a family lived for 60 years/Thanjavur.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ Above image: Thopparangatti Vinayagar temple (built during the Vijayanagara period0 on Thoppil Pillaiayar kovil

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Chariot (Thernelai ) mantap on east main street, built by Maratha rulers recently recovered by the TMC

Navrang India | navrangindia.blogspot.com | 2 months ago

Across India encroachments on the government land (in local parlance Puram pokku or Nathham land) have been a menace in the last several decades owing to population increase and lack of interest

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Christ Church, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra - an old early colonial church

Navrang India | navrangindia.blogspot.com | 3 months ago

Christ Church of Ahmednagar,Maharashtra ahmednagarlive.in Christ Church of Ahmednagar, built on a plot of 4.9 acre of land across the cantonment office in Camp Bhingar is one of the oldest Christian

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St. John's of Kolkata - why does this old Anglican church attract lots of Europeans?

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St. Iohn's Cathedral Church, Kolkata wlog.thefourdy.com St. Iohn's Cathedral Church, Kolkata noisebreak.com St. John’s Church, Kolkata designed by James Agg 1784-87 of the Bengal Engineers (with a

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''Vilakkuthoon'' (lamp). Madurai city , a historical site now restored

Navrang India | navrangindia.blogspot.com | 4 months ago

Vilakkuthoon (lamp). Madurai city commons.wikimedia.org Vilakkuthoon (lamp). Madurai city hehindu.com Above image: Villakkuthoon (lamp)- In honor and gratitude of an English Collector John Blackburne

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''Vilakkuthoon police station'', Madurai - oldest in S. Tamil Nadu pulled down

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Time and again heritage structures across India face demolition because at one point of time they become too damaged, far beyond conservation. The main reasons are: poor interest in heritage

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Elihu Yale Pub., Wrexham, UK changed it name because of Yale's link with slave trade in India

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The Elihu Yale, pub, Wrexham leaderlive.co.uk The Elihu Yale pub Wrexham dailypost.co.uk Above image: The Elihu Yale pub in Wrexham, Wales, UK was renamed due to Yale's links with the East India

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Queen Victoria's Bronze statue in Agra targeted by vandals in 2014 - hatred toward colonial statues in India

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The Prince of Wales unveiling the Statue of Queen Victoria at Agra," December 18, 1905. A beautiful bronze statue set on the highest ground in Agra over looking the Akbar's fort and the Taj in the

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Kailasa temple - Ellora cave complex - 10 interesting facts

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Among the numerous rock cut temples of ancient India the most popular and elaborate one is the cave complex at Ellora near Aurangabad city, Maharashtra. Kailasa temple, Ellora, MH

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The Kailasa rock-cut temple: of Ellora - a UNESCO World Heritage Site-

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Kailasa temple, Ellora near Aurangabad, MH.commons.wikimedia.org In the realm of rock-cut man made temples, the Kailasa temple, one among the 34 temples and monasteries, at Ellora near Aurangabad,

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Bhaja rock-cut caves near Lonavala, Maharashtra - a fascinating tourist destination

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Door archway, Bhaja Caves, Lonavala, Pune MH commons.wikimedia.org Bhaja caves, Maharastra mysteryofindia.com Dating back to the 2nd century BC this group of 22 rock-cut Bhaja caves located in Pune,

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''Victoria Hospital'' of Bengaluru, a legacy of Mysore royal family

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Victoria Hospital, Bangaluru Victoria Hospital, Bangaluru. en.wikipedia.org The Wodeyar royal family members, for a long period of time, were great rulers of Mysore kingdom, Being charitable and

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St. Martha Hospital, first civil hospital of Bangaluru, a heritage site - a brief note

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.St. Martha hospital Bangaluru, KA justdial.com/ St. Martha Hospital of Bangaluru city, Karnataka, one of the oldest hospitals in the princely state then was founded by the highly spirited Good

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Deccan college, Pune - a Victorian gothic style structure needs conservation

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Deccan college, Pune, MH esakal.com Deccan college behance.net Above image: Deccan College Pune, Maharashtra. It is one of the oldest Victorian Period institution with a big campus. Made of dressed

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Mulji Jetha water Fountain of 19th century, Mumbai - restored

Navrang India | navrangindia.blogspot.com | 4 months ago

Mulji Jetha Fountain, Mumbai 19th-C drawingupload.wikimedia.org Mulji Jetha water Fountain, a heritage structure on Mint street (Ballard estate) in Fort, Mumbai was designed by architect Frederick

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Mumbai Colaba’s Wellington Fountain in honor of Duke Wellington - now restored

Navrang India | navrangindia.blogspot.com | 4 months ago

Wellington fountain, colaba, Mumbai.victorianweb.org Above image: Restored in its original form at a cost of about Rs12 lakh in February 2017 the 152-year-old iconic Wellington Fountain, was one

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Konni, Elephant training center, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala

Navrang India | navrangindia.blogspot.com | 4 months ago

In the SW Indian state of Kerala, elephants are being widely used in the periodic temple festivities, rituals and other social functions, besides the lumber industries. You may be tempted to say that

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The Tomb of Pazhassi Raja, Mananthavady, Kerala - a protected monument.

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Tomb of pazhassi Raja -kudeeramarchaeology.kerala.gov.in Hailing from the Kottayam (North Malabar) Royal family, Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja was not only a great administrator of his kingdom but also

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''Sreepadam Palace'', Thiruvananthapuram - Kerala - 255 year old structure restored back to old charm

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Sreepadam palace, T.V. Puram, Kerala thehinduimages.com Sreepadam palace, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala wikimapia.org The SW state of Kerala has many places of beauty and simplicity and the Kerala

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Indian temple jewelry and their auction in England in the past!!

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In India you can seldom see a primary temple deity or deities without gold jewelry. There are countless Hindu temples in India with a vast collection of expensive gold and gem-studded jewelry and

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Stolen treasures of India - Crown of Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mogul ruler of Delhi - 06

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Bahadur_Shah_Zafar en.wikipedia.org Crown of Last Mogul ruler Bahadur Shah Zafar.in.pinterest.com Crown of Last Mogul ruler Bahadur Shah Zafar. me.me Crown of Bahadur Shah rarebooksocietyofindia.org

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India's stolen treasures by the British company - 05

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Britain is then and there dogged by the issue of colonial-era loot and its moral obligation to return the symbols of heritage to the colonies from where they were either acquired or stolen or got as

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India's stolen treasures by the English company - 04

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The following rare and unique items looted by he English were mostly from the private collections, perhaps stolen from the owner's forefathers who worked in India particularly during the East India

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India's stolen treasures - Maharajah Ranjit Singh's Gold throne, Punjab - looted by the English co - 03

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Punjab province. Maharajah Ranjit Singh's throne vam.ac.uk Above image: Maharajah Ranjit Singh's throne made by the goldsmith Hafez Muhammad Multani about 1820 to 1830, for the Sikh empire, has a

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India's stolen treasures - looted by the British company from Tipu Sultan of Mysore - 02

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The colonial rule in India from the middle of 18th century till 1947 was not only one of unjust rule and exploitation of country's natural resources and land-grabbing but also of looting India's

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India's stolen treasures - Timur Ruby and Koh- i -Noor diamond looted from a child ruler of Punjab by the British - 01

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looted from India Timur Ruby (actually Spinel).thecourtjeweller.com The impressive irregularly-shaped cabochon spinel that weighs 361 carat, now part of the British crown jewels in London, was once

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Amaravati sculptures - breath-taking Buddhist artifacts of Andhra Pradesh

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India, home to Buddhism, has numerous Buddhist shrines across the country, particularly in the north and north eastern states. Among the Buddhist sites one of the oldest, largest and most important

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''Kirti Stambha'' - a place of Jain pilgrimage in Chittorgarh of Rajasthan

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A stambha in India often refers to a tower or a pillar (tower in English) is a pillar and it has a mythological connotation. in the Hindu mythology Hindu mythology, it is a cosmic column connecting

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The British government and Queen Victoria honoring major Hodson who wiped out the moguls in 1857

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Though in India major William Hodson was considered a psychopath and mass murderer, back in England, he got a name for his line of duty in India. The British Empire looked upon Hodson as a great war

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''Khooni Darwaza'' (Gate), Delhi where East India co killed the last three Mogul princes!!

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Khooni Dharwaza, Delhi ommons.wikimedia.org Khooni gate (Darwaza), Delhi. triphobo.com/ Above image: Also known as Kabuli Khuni Darwaja, Delhi, the gate linked to political and historical violent

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Col. James Smith Neil, ''Butcher of Allahabad'' - natives in Ayr, Scotland want it removed

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Col George Neil's statue, Wellington, Ayr.commons.wikimedia.org James George Smith Neill statue, Wellington Square, Ayr. Scotland change.org Above image: This is the statue of Butcher of Allahabad

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Statue of Col. James Neil, Madras (TN) - 1927 first ever protest in the world to remove the statue

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Butcher of Allahabad. Brig. Gen.James Neill statue, Chennai thehindu.com Above image: Late 1800s and till 1940s Mount road, Madras - This 10 foot tall bronze statue perched atop a 12 foot pedestal

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Gen. Henry Havelock, ruthless British colonial army man's memorials and statues must be removed!!

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Gen. henry Havelock of British army, Trafalgar sq.suzassippi.wordpress.com Above image: General Sir Henry Havelock occupies a spot in Trafalgar Square, just in front of King George IV .............

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Meet 20th century hardcore racists - ''black lives matter''

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Thousands of protestors demonstrated across the UK following the painful death of George Floyd, a black American , at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer in the prime area of downtown on

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Kumaraswamy temple of Sandur, Karnataka where until 1996 women were not allowed to worship!!

Navrang India | navrangindia.blogspot.com | 4 months ago

The Parvati and Kumaraswamy temples in Sandur KA deccanherald.com Kumaraswamy temple, sandur, Bellary dist., KA .deccanherald.com The Kumaraswamy temple and the adjacent Shiva-Parvati temple close to

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Restored colonial Currency building of Kolkata - now reused as an Art gallery cum museum

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Restored currency building 2019, Kolkata upload.wikimedia.org No doubt heritage is an integral part of Kolkata which has been a cosmopolitan city since the time of colonial rule. It has the largest

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Kalaripayattu, Kerala's popular ancient martial art - a legacy of 3000 years

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Kalaripayattu, martial art of Kerala state. competitiveindia.com Above image: The training of Kalaripayattu an ancient martial art of Kerala state involves rather holistic approach in which the mind

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Bank of Calcutta, oldest bank of Asia - the heritage building in Kolkata does not exist!!

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1806-bank-of-calcuttapuronokolkata.com Above images: The Bank of Calcutta,, a precursor to the present State Bank of India, was founded on June 2, 1806 with the main purpose of serving the East India

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Heritage building of the State Bank of India, at Nagapatinam

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SBI, Nagapatinam branch.cuboidglobal.com The Government- owned state bank of India has more than 150 heritage buildings across India. The banks had its roots in the Presidency banks of colonial

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Heritage building of State Bank of Mysore, Bengaluru - a brief note.

Navrang India | navrangindia.blogspot.com | 4 months ago

/Heritage building state bank of Mysore, Bengaluru. commons.wikimedia.org/ The104-year-old State bank of Mysore merged with State Bank of India a few years ago. Often known as the ‘Mysore Bank’ in

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State bank of India - brief note and restoration of SBI's heritage building in Madurai

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State bank of India (SBI), India's largest bank with a long legacy of 200 years was founded in the first decade of the 19th century as - first ‘Presidency’ bank’, the Bank of Calcutta, later renamed

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As part of 'Black lives matter'' (BLM) protestors want Robert Clive's statues removed from public places

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Robert Clive who seized Bengal dishonestly. news18.com Lots of petitions addressed to Shropshire County council, England were sent in June 2020 as part of Black lives matter (BLM) Champaign by

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Why Winston Churchill's statues symbolic of British racism need to be pulled down.

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Racist Former PM of Britain Winston Churchill. Above image: The 12 foot tall statue of former British prime minister Winston Churchill is seen defaced, with the words (Churchill) “was a racist”

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Gandhhiji's 74th death anniversary to day - 30 th December

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M.K. Gandhi, Indian patriot and freedom fighter. This day in 1948 Gandhiji was shot at point blank by Nathuram Godse in the evening at Birla House, Delhi while proceeding for the evening prayer.

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Queen Victoria's statue by Alfred Gilbert, a replica of her statue in the Great Hall, Winchester, England!!

Navrang India | navrangindia.blogspot.com | 5 months ago

Queen Victoria, Watson museum, Rajkot, Gujarat.upload.wikimedia.org The above image: The statue of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen Victoria. The statue was unveiled by H.E. the Lord Curzon of

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Netaji's first statue in Delhi at India gate. - where king George V' s statue once stood!!

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I am gland that last Sunday this month PM Modiji declared open the hologram of patriot Netaji Subash Chandra Bose's statue at India gate under the tall Canopy. The proposed statue will be be made of

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Why did Udam Singh shoot Michel O' Dwyer to death in Caxton hall, London?

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Udam Sigh shot dead Gov. O Dwyer (Punjab governor)indianexpress.com On this year's Republic day( 26 January 2022) it is a great thing to remember patriot Udam Singh who shot dead retired Governor of

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The British government has no intention to tender formal apology for their colonial crimes in India

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republic day 2022.wishesandquotes.com Wishing the readers happy republic day 26 January 2022 Left:. Gen. Reginald Dyer right: Governor Michael O' Dwyer (scoopwhoop.com Above image: These two

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