Rare Indian Collectibles

February 15, 2016

Karachi ( India ) 1939-45 - American Guide

1939-45 - When 1 $ = App Rs.3

http://www.cbi-theater.com/karachi/karachi.html

Amrit Bank, Chawla Bank, Didwana Bank , Punjab and Kashmir Bank

AMRIT BANK LIMITED - 3 Branches- One at Khanna

The bank was established in the year 1935 and has a licence under Section 22 of the Banking Companies Act to carry on banking business.

Its authorised, issued and subscribed capital is Rs. 5,00,000 and 60 per cent. of the capital has been paid.

Thus the paid-up capital is Rs. 3,00,000. Apart from head office and branch office at Amritsar, the bank has two branches, one at Gurdaspur and the other at Khanna in the State of Punjab.

To the Best our knowledge, Amrit Bank merged with State Bank of Patiala.

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Other Small Banks ( Pre 1947 )

Punjab And Kashmir Bank ,

Didwana Industrial Bank ,

Chawla Bank ,

Sahukara Bank

..All these Banks merged with New Bank of India which merged in 1993 with Punjab National

Bank

.http://www.wikiwand.com/en/New_Bank_of_India

http://www.rareindianshares.info/search?q=nbi+industrial

February 7, 2016

1857 Revolt - Rare 1912 Movie ( Silent )

: Shot at locations around Bermuda ranging from Tom Moore's Jungle to Flatts Village to the narrow lanes of St. George, the one-reel silent movie Relief of Lucknow was filmed on the Island in 1912 by a production team from the New York-based Thomas Edison Inc. Owned by the celebrated inventor, the first commercially exhibited motion pictures in the United States were produced by the Edison studio. Relief of Lucknow -- made to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the sepoy siege of that city during the Indian rebellion against British rule -- was one of about a dozen short films the Edison company shot in Bermuda in the winter and spring of 1912. Other pictures filmed here that year include one of the earliest versions of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic Treasure Island and a melodrama titled The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter. All of these silent movies are now believed to be lost with the exception of about ten minutes of Relief Of Lucknow -- which constitutes some of the earliest known motion picture footage ever shot in Bermuda. Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion of the Queen's Own Regiment, then stationed in Bermuda, were pressed into service for the film's battle sequences. And a miscalculation by a special effects technician working on the film resulted in the veranda of a house in Flatts being blown off during the production.

Watch the 1912 American Movie on 1857 -Revolt ( Death of Henry Lawrence and his Hasty/ Secret Burial at Night )

http://alturl.com/ew5t2

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Henry Lawrence was neutralized by our Great Soldiers in the First War of Independence - 1857-58

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William Hodson -another ringleader of the buccaneering East India Company was , also , neutralized in Lucknow in 1858, by the Brave Indian soldiers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stephen_Raikes_Hodson

January 17, 2016

Old Railway Bridge on Sutlej at Phillaur - Built in 1870

The Single Line Railway Bridge on the Sutlej at Phillaur ( near Ludhiana )sandwiched between the Double Line Railway Bridge upstream and Double Road Road Bridge Down stream , is now , Abandoned .

Pic of the Old Bridge :-

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tVOHfSdbfXQ/maxresdefault.jpg

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It was built n the year 1870 during the construction of Railway Line in Punjab by Scinde, Punjab - Delhi Railway.

http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Foreign/KarachiKotri/Indus_flotilla_map.jpg.html

Scinde, Punjab, Delhi 's Logo

https://www.google.co.in/search?q=scinde+punjab+and+delhi+railway&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=653&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjd2vfu3LDKAhWRCY4KHVFTBwIQsAQIPA&dpr=1#imgrc=Zo8I0wXAd_odZM%3A

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This 1870 Bridge changed the way Sutlej was crossed .

Earlier ,it appears , there used to be a temporary Boat Bridge which was dismantled during floods

An example of Boat bridge

( Note : This one is on River Ravi )

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_River#/media/File:Ravi_River_in_1880.jpg

https://books.google.co.in/books?id=qFdJbRywbKwC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=1870+sutlej+railway+bridge&source=bl&ots=NW80L6XUbh&sig=Da8d6GcCoRQkCQOQb5sDMR0qWjM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi1l9KS1erKAhUIGY4KHQ3bCcwQ6AEILDAD#v=onepage&q=1870%20sutlej%20railway%20bridge&f=false

Sometimes , individuals crossed the Rivers using inflated complete Buffalo skins

http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xt/543827459.jpg?v=1&g=fs2%7C0%7Ceditorial289%7C27%7C459&s=1

There were also " Ferry Crossing ) " Beydi s " at the famous Pattan at Phillaur.

After 1870 , Ferry Crossing came to an end at Phillaur.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120520/spectrum/main3.htm

The railway bridge was , also used as Road Bridge. Road traffic was closed when ever Trains passed.

Some what like this. ( NOT THIS BRIDGE ) To give an indication ONLY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lCba1sXPqY

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Some time later , the Double Line Railway Bridge was built ( just upstream of Old Rail / Road Bridge ).

Pleas study this Google Pic carefully. You would notice the new aligned in the railway line to adjust for the new railway bridges :-

http://wikimapia.org/3832590/Old-Rail-Bridge

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The Old 1870 built Bridge was handed over to PWD and was continued to be used solely as a Road Bridge

As it was a single railway line bridge , road traffic was alternating One Way Traffic ( as were the Old Beas Bridge at GT Road , Beas and old Yamuna Bridge at Kalanaur ( Yamunanagar- Saharanpur ) .

This road bridge continued to be operational till early 1970 s when the first new road bridge ( just downstream ) was built ( by Gammon India ).

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We wish the old 1870 Historical Bridge be preserved as a National Heritage.

Present state of the Bridge

http://www.gettyimages.de/detail/nachrichtenfoto/india-children-walk-along-an-old-bridge-at-phillaur-nachrichtenfoto/489795472