Object number
AX.2016.7.116
Title
Inauguration of a cricket ground in Aligarh University
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HT X W: 37.4 X 25.3 cm
Description
Black and white photograph. Many men in suits are gathered around a stone plinth with an engraved plaque on it. To the left of it is a man in a hat and wearing glasses. They are under a veranda roof.
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A remarkable group captured at the foundation laying ceremony of a Cricket Pavilion at Aligarh University in 1936. Four prominent personalities in the foreground: Dr. Ziauddin, Vice Chancellor of the Univeristy, holding a walking stick, Zaheeruddin Bobby, the Team Captain, wearing the college Cricket Blazer, Sir Abdul Rahman standing in the middle and Mr. Sheikh Abdullah, founder of Aligarh Girls College, in a white suit, holding his hat.
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