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In this photograph taken on April 20, 2017, Indian Hindu priest Pandit Garhi Seelam performs a ceremony at Babughat on the banks of the Hooghly River in Kolkata. One of a series of ghats built during the British Raj era along the Hooghly River, the pavilion-style structure houses Hindu priests and is used for bathing and religious ceremonies. Kolkata evolved from an East India Company trading post in the 1700s to become the 'second city' of the British Empire. Serving as the official capital of India under the British Raj until 1911, the former village on the banks of the Hooghly River developed under colonial rule to resemble the towns back in England. Kolkatas wide boulevards, imposing administrative buildings and marble monuments are now a reminder of that era. Its dense wholesale markets still bustle with activity, bisected by trams. Ghats dot the banks of the Hooghly, housing Hindu priests and flower sellers. Over 900 miles northwest in the hill station of Shimla, the British Rajs 'summer capital' provided respite from the heat to government officials and their families. They installed a narrow-gauge railway line connecting Shimla to the main railways network, and built the Viceregal Lodge from where one of Britains most prized colonies was ruled. It was also at this lodge that Partition negotiations played out to end that rule in 1947. / AFP PHOTO / Rebecca CONWAY (Photo credit should read REBECCA CONWAY/AFP via Getty Images)
In this photograph taken on April 20, 2017, Indian Hindu priest Pandit Garhi Seelam performs a ceremony at Babughat on the banks of the Hooghly River in Kolkata. One of a series of ghats built during the British Raj era along the Hooghly River, the pavilion-style structure houses Hindu priests and is used for bathing and religious ceremonies. Kolkata evolved from an East India Company trading post in the 1700s to become the 'second city' of the British Empire. Serving as the official capital of India under the British Raj until 1911, the former village on the banks of the Hooghly River developed under colonial rule to resemble the towns back in England. Kolkatas wide boulevards, imposing administrative buildings and marble monuments are now a reminder of that era. Its dense wholesale markets still bustle with activity, bisected by trams. Ghats dot the banks of the Hooghly, housing Hindu priests and flower sellers. Over 900 miles northwest in the hill station of Shimla, the British Rajs 'summer capital' provided respite from the heat to government officials and their families. They installed a narrow-gauge railway line connecting Shimla to the main railways network, and built the Viceregal Lodge from where one of Britains most prized colonies was ruled. It was also at this lodge that Partition negotiations played out to end that rule in 1947. / AFP PHOTO / Rebecca CONWAY (Photo credit should read REBECCA CONWAY/AFP via Getty Images)
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