"H. H. The Maharajah of Bobbili. K. C. I. E.": Venkata Swetachalapati Ranga Rao, Raja (later Maharaja) of Bobbili (Vadivelu 1903, plate facing p. 33)

Old halftone photograph of a young man with a moustache, in a jewelled cap, pearl necklaces and a long white embroidered coat, standing with a sword beside a carved chair on a tiger skin before a painted garden backdrop.

Type: Historic photograph
Creator: A. Vadivelu, The Aristocracy of Southern India (Madras, 1903)
Date: 1903
Licence: Public domain
From: A. Vadivelu, The Aristocracy of Southern India (opens in a new tab), 1903, plate facing p. 33
Original: archive.org (opens in a new tab)
Appears in: British Crown (Madras Presidency), Venkata Swetachalapati Ranga Rao of Bobbili, Bobbili