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Not with who you have to Impress…~♥~
Not with who you have to Impress…~♥~
__________ Hard But True __________
If you treat me like an option, I’ll leave you like a choice.!!!
Manmatha Mallik and his wife Jeanne Marie Rey with their first three children - January 1905
I received this photograph from Mr. Christopher Graffius ( christopher.graffius@yahoo.co.uk ) with the following note:
Subodh Chandra Mallik was my grandmother's first cousin. His uncle, my great grandfather Manmatha Mallik was the first Indian to study at Cambridge and one of the first to become a barrister there. He stood for parliament twice in 1906 and 1910 and made his home in England. He married a French lady - Jeanne Marie Rey. Their daughter Lucia Harabandani Mallik married Chidambar Chitnis from Maharastra. He was finishing his medical studies in London because he'd been expelled from his university in India due to his activities in support of Indian independence. He practised medicine in England. Their son Pratap Chitnis was one of the first of Indian descent to be made a British Lord. Their daughter Indira Chitnis was my mother. She married an American, Melvin Graffius - I believe my name comes from the French side of the family. I live in England, but I and my family are very proud of our Indian descent and still in touch with our Indian relatives. I've attached another photogrpah which shows Manmatha and Jeanne Marie in European dress with their first three children. It was taken in England in January 1905.
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Young Marathi Boy's Thread Ceremony (Upanayana) - c1920's
This Photograph is from the other side of my Indian family, the Chitnis family of Maharastra. They are Brahmins and I believe that the photo is of the young boy's thread ceremony. He is my great uncle. I believe the photo dates to around 1920.
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Krishnabhabini Dasi Datta, the Wife of Jay Gopal Mallik - Calcutta (Kolkata) Late 19th Century
I received this photograph from Mr. Christopher Graffius ( christopher.graffius
I believe the lady is Krishnabhabini Dasi Datta, the wife of Jay Gopal Mallik, my great, great grandfather. Jay Gopal died in 1859 and would have been born in the early 1830's. I don't have dates for Krishnabhabini.
The interesting thing about the picture is that it may be of a widow. I think it was highly unusual in the late 19th century for a wife from a good Hindu family to be photographed, let alone a widow - who by custom would have led a very withdrawn life. In the edition of "Bengal Past and Present" which deals with my Indian family (July-December 1979) it says that "The Dutts (another version of Datta - of Wellington Square, Calcutta) had a pioneering role in female education" and again "Jaygopal's second marriage to Krishnabhabini Dutt proved to be a turning point in the history of the Basu Malliks. She brought in the influence of new and dynamic ideas into a traditional setting. The Wellington Square Dutt family had become a name which was "a synonym for culture and hearty recognition of literary merit. Foreign scholars visiting Calcutta made their acquaintance and cultivated their company. Even women in the family wrote for pleasure and publication. Conserving the best in their own tradition they were at the same time receptive to Western ideas and education."
It was to Wellington Square, within walking distance of the Dutts, that the Mallik brothers - Probodh, Manmatha (my great grandfather) and Hem - moved when they left the paternal house in Pataldanga and established a more European style house in 1859. The Dutts and Malliks were deeply involved in the early years of the Indian independence movement.
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Popular Hindi Movie Actress Tanuja, Vintage Photographs - 1960-70's
Tanuja Mukherjee (b.1943) popularly known as Tanuja, is an Indian film actress. She is the mother of Kajol and Tanisha, and is most remembered for her roles in Hindi films like Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi (1966), Jewel Thief, Haathi Mere Saathi (1971), and Anubhav (1971). Simultaneously she appeared in Marathi, Bengali and Gujarati films like, Zaakol (Marathi), Antony Phiringee (Bengali), Deya Neya, Teen Bhuvaner Parey (1969), Prothom Kadam Phool, and Rajkumari.'Naari tu Narayani'(Gujarati)
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Indian Actor Sajid Khan with Air India Stowardoss Patol - 1966
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