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1960s INDIA TRAVELOGUE "Jewels of India" PRINCELY TRAVEL CO. 87664

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Channel: PeriscopeFilm · 2016 · Education

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Awkwardly introduced by the Maharaja Farodha, an internationally known sportsman and the owner of Princely Travels, this charming and rare travelogue film produced by Durga Khote Productions, shows views of the modern India of the 1960s. It includes the Sun and Sand hotel in Bombay at the 3:30 mark, the fortress of Golkonda at the 5 minute mark, hunting endangered Indian tigers by safari at the 5:40 mark, Nagarjuna Sagar Dam at the 6:44 mark, religious shrines and temples at Hyderabad at 7:50. At 12:18, you will see New Delhi. The Imperial Hotel is seen at the 15 minute mark. Polo is seen played at 15:30. Jaipur is seen at 16:27 and the Chandra Mahal and Mubarak Mahal palaces. At 22:30, a Jain Temple is seen. At 24:40 the Taj Mahal is seen. 

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