How rich were the Maharajas before Independence! Cars of the Maharajas

KPS · 20th March 2021, 21:28

Some news has filtered on the Rampur Cars, as the garage was open after a 49 year litigation

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Rampur State was a 15 gun-salute princely state of British India. It came into existence on 7 October 1774 as a result of a treaty with Oudh. Following independence in 1947, Rampur State and other princely states of the area, such as Benares and Tehri Garhwal were merged into the United Provinces.[citation needed] Rampur state had its capital in Rampur city and its total area was 945 sq miles.

Source : Wiki

Here are pictures of some of the cars from multiple sources

Buick

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Plymouth

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Buick

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Buick

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Dodge Truck

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Sources :
https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-prad...-mbd3396794197

https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh...-19939699.html

https://hindi.news18.com/photogaller...t-2870938.html

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...w/74197895.cms

Cheers

KPS

KartikeyaL · 23rd March 2021, 12:29

Lord Linlithgow's visit to Bikaner, 1937

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KartikeyaL · 26th March 2021, 15:13

Picture not from India.

Maharaja Ganga Singhji with King George V

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KartikeyaL · 31st March 2021, 16:58

HM The Queen of Belgians and Gen Birdwood at Delhi

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travancore · 31st March 2021, 21:45

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HM The Queen of Belgians and Gen Birdwood at Delhi

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Nice pic Kartik! A few more from the same visit.
The King and Queen of Belgium with Bombay Governor Leslie Wilson at Batgar Dam.

KartikeyaL · 1st April 2021, 13:49

Two pictures with partially seen cars, Viceregal visit ?

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KartikeyaL · 1st April 2021, 16:23

Cross posting

Lord and Lady Curzon at Dhaka with the cars of Nawab Salimullah of Dhaka

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KartikeyaL · 2nd April 2021, 11:23

Some more cars of Nawab of Dhaka

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KartikeyaL · 3rd April 2021, 11:12

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Some great pictures from Bikaner which I had found online and saved, do not remember the source now !

Maharaja Sir Ganga Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Bikaner can be seen in most of the pictures !

Same Cadillac can be seen in this picture, from the Bikaner Kota wedding.

PC : BHPian Sat

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and another picture from a Royal shoot

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travancore · 3rd April 2021, 19:01

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Originally Posted by KartikeyaL

Two pictures with partially seen cars, Viceregal visit ?

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It should be Sir L. Graham, Governor of Sindh, ca 1936

KartikeyaL · 5th April 2021, 10:17

Cross posting

Car of Nawab Salimullah, Dhaka

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KartikeyaL · 7th April 2021, 19:26

Thanks to Robert (Safed Haathi) for this picture of daughter of Sardar Qizilbash of Lahore going for her wedding to Cambay state

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travancore · 7th April 2021, 22:14

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Thanks to Robert (Safed Haathi) for this picture of daughter of Sardar Qizilbash of Lahore going for her wedding to Cambay state

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Perhaps just a coincidence, but two very similar cars (Cambay State and from the movie Jeevan Naiyya, posted by Karl) show up on the same day.

travancore · 12th April 2021, 21:14

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A 1941 ex-Nabha Buick Eight 151C that seems to have stuck around till 1989!

karlosdeville · 13th April 2021, 09:41

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A 1941 ex-Nabha Buick Eight 151C that seems to have stuck around till 1989!

An identical one (same bodystyle too) was also seen with Rampur. I do not know of any similar survivors in India for now.

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