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Raja Deen Dayal — Civil officers at Jhansi (recto)

Raja Deen Dayal

Civil officers at Jhansi (recto)

1882

Administrative group portrait captures the civilian bureaucracy that managed day-to-day colonial governance in central India. Deen Dayal's formal composition emphasizes the institutional authority and collective responsibility of British civil administration during the mature Raj period.

Medium
albumen print

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