A panoramic view of the steamers dotting Calcutta
A panoramic view of the steamers dotting Calcutta Harbour, which was established by the British East India Company after having sought trading rights from Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. When the power shifted to the British Crown, the harbour and the steamers came under the Port Commission in 1870 and was mostly commercial, although it played an important role in the Second World War
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13792418
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48402799
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4800px x 3669px
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© Vernon Lewis Gallery/Stocktrek Images/Mary Evans
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1900-1909 Although Aurangzeb Calcutta Commission Established Incidental Kolkata Longboat Mostly Mughal Nautical Old-fashion Quayside Shifted Sought Steamboat Steamers Trading Wharf
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