Darogha Ubbas Alli
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Darogha Ubbas Alli was a 19th century India
n engineer and photographer. In the 1870s, following his retirement as a municipal engineer in Lucknow
, Alli began photographing the city and its surroundings. He published fifty of these photographs in an album called The Lucknow Album in 1874. In 1880, he produced another photographic album, An Illustrated Historical Album of Rajas and Taaluqdars of Oudh, comprising images of the landed gentry of Oudh
.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n engineer and photographer. In the 1870s, following his retirement as a municipal engineer in Lucknow
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
, Alli began photographing the city and its surroundings. He published fifty of these photographs in an album called The Lucknow Album in 1874. In 1880, he produced another photographic album, An Illustrated Historical Album of Rajas and Taaluqdars of Oudh, comprising images of the landed gentry of Oudh
Awadh
Awadh , also known in various British historical texts as Oudh or Oude derived from Ayodhya, is a region in the centre of the modern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which was before independence known as the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh...
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