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| Keywords: House of Hindu Rao, Delhi, 1858.jpg en House of Hindu Rao Built in c 1820 for William Fraser 1784-1835 agent to the Governor General in Delhi After whose death it was bought by Hindu Rao brother of the Baiza Bai the wife of Daulat Rao Scindia of Gwalior who later moved to Delhi and befriended Governor-General of India Lord Auckland 1836 “February 28 1842 The house was a site for major fight furing 1857 uprising while it was held by the British under Major Reid and a force of Gurkhas who suffered severely from artillery of rebels It was later turned to the present Hindu Rao Hospital Delhi 1858 http //www collectbritain co uk/personalisation/object cfm uid 019PHO000000193U00008000 British Library Major Robert Christopher Tytler and his wife Harriet 1858 PD-old PD-old Houses in Delhi 1858 in Delhi Photographs by Robert Christopher Tytler William Fraser | ||||
