Country |
Province State |
Region |
City Town |
District |
Site OR Event |
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Description |
Year Taken |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Howrah Station |
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Begger at the railway station. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Howrah Station |
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Snack seller. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Howrah Station |
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Sadhu (Hindu holy man) and passenger. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Temple of Kalighat |
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The Temple of Kalighat, the goddess of death from which the city gets its name. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Temple of Kalighat |
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The interior. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Temple of Kalighat |
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A priest beneath a bell. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Temple of Kalighat |
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The goddess, Kali. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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A taxi and film posters in Chawringee, Calcutta's main street. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Bengali tabla maker. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Child in the city centre. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Shopkeepers. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Traffic police. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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In 1988 the state government was Marxist. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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A full tram. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Tenement blocks. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Children playing at a housing estate. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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A typical city bazaar. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Calcutta is a busy and crowded city. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Local transport. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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A stage coach on the streets of Culcatta. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Calcutta is the final outpost of the man powered rickshaw. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Man on a rickshaw. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Family on a rickshaw. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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The busy and lively streets of the city. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Posters being sold. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
|
Calcutta |
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Tipu Sultan Mosque |
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The Tipu Sultan Mosque dates from 1842. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Tipu Sultan Mosque |
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The mosque is next to a busy street. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Bengali movie posters. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Shops and street life. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Sugar cane juice. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Letter writers. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
|
Calcutta |
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The old city. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Nakhoda Mosque |
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The Moghul style Nakhoda Mosque in the heart of the Muslim Bazaar. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Nakhoda Mosque |
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The mosque is set in the narrow streets of the bazaar and dates from 1926. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Nakhoda Mosque |
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Worshippers. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Urdu and Bengali signs. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Political graffiti. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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A small Hindu temple. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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A group of people in a doorway. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Broken down bus. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Coconuts. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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In the narrow streets of the bazaar. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Snack stall. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Children begging. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Two children. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Making a percussion instrument. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Shops selling metalware. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Street scene in the old city. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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The old city. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Street scene. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Buses and apartments. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Poverty is rife in Culcutta where many families live in shanty towns. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Morning ablutions. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Street water pump. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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A rickety shack. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Recycling rubbish. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Salvaging fire wood. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Shacks built next to a railway line. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Waiting for a train to pass. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Calcutta |
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Local market. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Darjeeling is a hill station at 2100m. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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The spectacular setting of Darjeeling in the foothills of the Himalaya. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Darjeeling is overlooked by snow-capped mountains. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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The region is very picturesque and close to the border with Nepal. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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The foothills of the Himalaya. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Kangchenjunga (8586m), the world's third highest mountain. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Darjeeling is famous for its tea plantations. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Misty morning over Darjeeling. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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The Darjeeling region at dawn. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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View across the valley. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Multiple ridges across the valley. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Precarious buildings. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Buildings are perched on the hillsides. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Misty view. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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The main street. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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A group of Nepalese children. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Nepalese Gurkha. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Houses on the upper hills. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Gurkha girl in the Himalayan town of Darjeeling. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Pathways lead up the hill to houses. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Family. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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One of the hillside districts. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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A row of houses and pedestrians. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Family in the narrow alleys of Darjeeling. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Children with a football. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Wooden houses. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Coffee house run by Nepalese. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Houses on a ridge. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Tea plantation. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Nepalese multi storey house. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Quiet street scene. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Elegant buildings on the hillside. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Colonial building in Darjeeling, once a hill station for the British rulers. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Snow capped mountains overlooking Darjeeling. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Zig zag path to the top of a ridge. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Tibetan Refugee Camp |
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A Tibetan refugee camp. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Tibetan Refugee Camp |
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One of the buildings in the camp. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Tibetan Refugee Camp |
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Tibetans arrived in India after the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Tibetan Refugee Camp |
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A group of Tibetan children. |
1988 |
India |
West Bengal |
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Darjeeling |
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Tibetan Refugee Camp |
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Tibetan girls at the refugee camp. |
1988 |