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'Photographs of the Inauguration Ceremony The Madhya Bharat Union. Oath of Office administered to His Highness the Raj Pramukh Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior, by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister of Indian Union. At Durbar Hall Gwalior on 28th May, 1948'.

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'Photographs of the Inauguration Ceremony The Madhya Bharat Union. Oath of Office administered to His Highness the Raj Pramukh Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior, by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Prime Minister of Indian Union. At Durbar Hall Gwalior on 28th May, 1948'.
Album of thirty-eight photographs, sepia-toned gelatin silver prints, each approx. 9 x 11 in. or the reverse, mounted back-to-back on card mounts (some mounts detached from spine and some strengthened), tissue guards, re-bound in tan leather with original gilt title label laid down, oblong 4to.
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A series of large photographs by an anonymous, but no doubt official, photographer showing Nehru and the Maharaja presenting and listening to speeches inside and outside the Durbar Hall, the audience of dignitaries, and guests at the celebratory dinner.

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