Welcome to all trivandrum friends to here. Upload and download your most favourable pictures of our beautifull city and also our reasonable development pictures.:)

Please identify the place this picture is taken on 1890's in trivandrum city

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sree padmanabha swamy temble on 1890's

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secretariate on 1890's

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^^are you sure that its 1980's? looks like taken in the 19th century.

btw, nice thread, i always love vintage pics.

Please identify the place this picture is taken on 1890's in trivandrum city

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University college ...

^^are you sure that its 1980's? looks like taken in the 19th century.

btw, nice thread, i always love vintage pics.

Photograph taken about 1890-1900 by the Government photographer, Zacharias D'Cruz of a view of the IMPORTANT LANDMARKS in Trivandrum, in the erstwhile Travancore . It is one of 76 prints in an album entitled 'Album of South Indian Views' of the Curzon Collection

Napier Museum

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This is near the red fort, remember the iron villa? currently ksrtc buses are parked here

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Golf links

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VJT Hall still no changes

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Photograph taken about 1890-1900 by the Government photographer, Zacharias D'Cruz of a view of the IMPORTANT LANDMARKS in Trivandrum, in the erstwhile Travancore . It is one of 76 prints in an album entitled 'Album of South Indian Views' of the Curzon Collection

Just check what you have typed...:nuts: the year is given as 1980...

Bhajanapura Palace, located near Padmanabhaswamy temple, on right side of Kuthiramalika Palace.....

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Just check what you have typed...:nuts: the year is given as 1980...

sorry sanju it is a typing mistake

Thanks Visakh for the Precious Pictures. They are actually a treasure. :)

Fine Arts college

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Chief engineer's office

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If any friends get new photos of these beautifull places. please posted here also:)

Maharaja's peronal aircraft

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chala market and trucks are parked in the market

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kanakakunne palace

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Please identify the place this picture is taken on 1890's in trivandrum city

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univercity college

Varkala beach

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ponmudi

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Golf links

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Nice collection.. I love the one in front of Padmanabhaswamy temple with a vehicle drawn by horses.. But what is in the vehicle.. Is it the official vehicle of Travancore kings? or is it part of some temple procession?

Also I would be greatful, if some one can clarify regarding the copyright status of these photos? Are they copyright free?

Nice collection.. I love the one in front of Padmanabhaswamy temple with a vehicle drawn by horses.. But what is in the vehicle.. Is it the official vehicle of Travancore kings? or is it part of some temple procession?

I thing it is a official vehicle of Travancore kings

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Looks like the old residency at Thycaud.

Great Thread. Really liked all the pics, especially those of 'Kanakakkunnu Palace'. :)

The last ruling Maharaja of the Princely State of Travancore, his Highness 'Padmanabha Dasa' Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma Maharaja (November 7, 1912–July 19, 1991).
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By the way, nice old pictures, thanks to the creator of this thread, VRL.:)

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poojapura central jail

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Mods, can this thread's name be changed to "Trivandrum Historic Imagery"?

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The King saluting while Dewan stands near.Please note the palace soldiers standing with right hand over the lower face,in side,to show their respect.

Two Travancore infantry battalions were integrated into Madras regiment after the states merged with the Indian union and were called 9th (Travancore) and 16th (Travancore) battalions of the Madras regiment. Likewise the Cochin battalion became the 17th (Cochin) under Madras Regiment.

Major-General Sri Chithira Tirunal H.H. Maharaja Bala Rama Varma of Travancore,GCSI, GCIE was the Col-in-Chief of Travancore State forces from 1924-1949 and of the Travancore-Cochin State Forces for the period 1949-1954.

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Location : Palayam,where the soldiers were stationed 1861

Two Travancore infantry battalions were integrated into Madras regiment after the states merged with the Indian union and were called 9th (Travancore) and 16th (Travancore) battalions of the Madras regiment. Likewise the Cochin battalion became the 17th (Cochin) under Madras Regiment.

Major-General Sri Chithira Tirunal H.H. Maharaja Bala Rama Varma of Travancore,GCSI, GCIE was the Col-in-Chief of Travancore State forces from 1924-1949 and of the Travancore-Cochin State Forces for the period 1949-1954.

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Location : Palayam,where the soldiers were stationed 1861

Very interesting thread and hats off to all who contributed to this thread.

wow awesome pictures mr.ajithv hats off to you :)

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Really amazing pictures of the royal city. Just makes one realise how trivandrum was before independence.

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If the captions are there we can relate it to something existing or otherwise.
These pictures are worthseeing but do not remain in our memory since we dont know what it represents.
Hope the poster will appreciate what I mean and do the needful.
Thanks in advance.
Cheer

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Two months after the Temple Entry Proclamation, Mahatma Gandhi arrived in Trivandrum on January 12, 1937, to participate in celebrations over an event for which he had exerted much moral pressure. He had come “as a humble pilgrim to offer congratulations to the Maharaja,” Gandhiji told a large, cheering crowd that had gathered at the Thampanoor Maidan, facing the railway station, to receive him. The welcome address was presented to him. The next day, he addressed a public meeting at the Military Parade ground. Photo: The Hindu Archives

Source (http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/article2619107.ece)

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The Famous "Ammachi Plavu" @Neyyattinkara

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Neyyattinkara is an ancient town, situated about 20 km south-east of Thiruvananthapuram. The Sree Krishna Swami temple, founded by King Marthanda Varma (1729 -1758), is of historical importance. The temple is situated beside the bank of Neyyar River. In the premises of the temple, there is a historic jack tree, known as Ammachi Plavu (അമ്മച്ചിപ്ലാവ്), in the hollow of which Marthanda Varma is believed to have hid himself and escaped death at the hands of his enemies.

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Correct me is it Pradhanamanthri(Prime minister)?

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360 Degree Virtual Tour of Sree Narayana Gurukulam @Chempazhanthy,Trivandrum (http://www.p4panorama.com/panos/chempazhanthy/index.html)

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CSN Stadium in 1960. You can see the old, Kerala style palayam mosque and the war memorial.
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War memorial now (2012)
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Photograph taken about 1900 by the Government photographer, Zacharias D'Cruz of what is now called the University College at Trivandrum, during Lord Curzon's visit to the Travancore State. It is one of 76 prints in an album entitled 'Album of South Indian Views' of the Curzon Collection. George Nathaniel Curzon was Under Secretary of State at the Foreign Office between 1895-98 and Viceroy of India between 1898-1905. The building was completed and occupied in 1873 with John Ross of the Edinburgh University as Principal. When the B. A. classes were opened there was provision to teach only one Optional Branch, viz., Philosophy. Another branch , Mathematics and Natural Philosophy was added in 1879. A chair of advanced chemistry was established in 1884, and another for History in 1900.

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Photograph taken about 1900 by the Government photographer, Zacharias D'Cruz of the Industrial School of Arts, Trivandrum. It is one of 76 prints in an album entitled 'Album of South Indian Views' of the Curzon Collection'. George Nathaniel Curzon was Under Secretary of State at the Foreign Office between 1895-98 and Viceroy of India between 1898-1905. A 'School of Arts' was established by the Travancore Government in Trivandrum in 1862-63. In 1872-73, a small establishment of carving in ivory under the direction of a Brahmin. In 1890, the School was named an 'Industrial School' and secured the services of two potters from the Madras School of Arts. A separate building was provided for the School. Later painting and photography was added to the Arts branch and a smithy to the Industrial branch. A weaving class was added in 1901-02.

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An exhibition of photographs and documents on Travancore - British ties to be held at the Rangavilasam palace on December 1 and 2

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‘Modern’ thinking of erstwhile rulers
By Express News Service - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 29th November 2012 10:22 AM
In the Malayalam year of 993, a ‘neetu’ or notice was sent to the then Dewan of Travancore Janardhan Rao Venkita Rao ordering him to pay 500 ‘panams’ to a certain Viramma. She had been refused permission to perform ‘Suttee’, by immolating herself at her husband’s funeral pyre, because Travancore did not “countenance such a practice”. It is to be noted that this notice would have been in the Gregorian year of 1818, while the British rulers had banished ‘Suttee’ only in 1829.

Such examples of the ‘modern’ thinking of the erstwhile rulers of Travancore and other aspects of Kerala’s history are on display at VJT Hall in the city where an exhibition of laminated photographs of old documents and records has been put up by the Kerala State Archives Department.

“We have here old government notices, surveys and some photographs which are under the care of our regional offices at Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode,” said superintendent at the archives Gopalakrishnan.

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Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurating Thiruvananthapuram Medical College on November 27, 1951

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A couple of floors constructed without permission and supposed to be a benami property of a prominent politician




have any one know what happened to fort manor ?

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have any one know what happened to fort manor ?

Anikuttan, please note that this thread is for historic imagery of Trivandrum, which means archival footage that typically dates back several decades and has a major bearing on the history of the city. A closed down hotel does not fit in. Please keep this in mind in the future. Thanks.

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Kuthiramalika

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Methan Mani

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PowerHouse, Trivandrum

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Kanakakunnu palace
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Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple,1930
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The famed Procession of Sree Padmanabha in Trivandrum, with the King, Maharaja Chitira Thirunal leading the procession
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ARMED RESERVE POLICE SHOWING FIRE FIGHTING IN FRONT OF OLD Y.M.C.A. BUILDING;AT TRIVANDRUM (BEHIND SECRETARIAT BUILDING)
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Shankhumugham Beach

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Engineering Colleges Trivandrum

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Ariel view of Trivandrum in the 1930

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Museum of Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) - 1900
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