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King Emperor's Hunt in India - Public domain portrait photograph
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Photo shows George V of England, who traveled to India in December 1911 to be installed as King-Emperor of India, on a hunting trip in Nepal, December 1911. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New York Times, Dec. 24, 1911)
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India 1850-1930 from Library of Congress and Europeana.
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