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I am collecting Indian Heritage and culture related vintage postcards, paintings, prints etc. and exhibited them at several locations across India in various events and also sharing them with school and college children by giving presentations to them on Indian Heritage and Culture with my collections and also documenting puppetry etc. intangible performances.

Tuesday, 30 July 2013

Vintage Invitation Cards of India


In my collection i have several Vintage Invitation Cards of India. Most of them are Pre Independence period (i.e. before independence) Maharajah's and their Relatives Marriage Invitation Cards etc.

 This is Jaipur Club's vintage invitation card of the year 1938  on the occasion of Maharaja of Jaipur at Home on Saturday the 29th January, 1938 at 4 '0 clock.
This is "Dewan of Morvi State" vintage invitation card of the year 1948 on the occasion of the Rajyarohan Darbar to be held at the City Palace on Sunday the 15th February, 1948 at 3-45 p.m.
This is "Dewan of Danta State"  vintage Marriage Invitation Card of the year 1948 on the occasion of the wedding of Their Apparent Maharaj Kumar Shri PRITHIRAJ  SINGHJI Bahadur to the Princess of Dungarpur on Friday the 30th January, 1948 at Dungarpur.
This is "His Highness The Maharaja of Jaipur" vintage Marriage Invitation Card of the year 1966 on the occasion of His son Major Maharaj Kumar Bahadur Singh's marriage with Princess Padmini Devi, daughter of late His Highness Maharaja Rajendra Prakash of Sirmur at No.1, Aurangazeb Road, New Delhi on the 10th March, 1966 at 5-45 p.m.
This is The Chief Secretary Government of Jaipur Invitation Card of the year 1945 on the occasion of Inaguration of New Legislature by His Highness Maharaja at the Sawai Man Singh Town Hall on September 5, 1945 at 11 a.m.
This is Private Secretary, Phoolsagar Palace,Bundi's Dinner Invitation Card on the occasion of His Highness The Maharao Raja of Bundi's  Daughter Princess Mahendra Kumari's marriage with Sri Maharaj Kumar Pratap Singhji Sahib, Heir Apparent of Alwar on Friday, the 27th April 1962 at 9 p.m. at Phoolsagar Palace, Bundi.
This is The Indian Community of Batu Pahat's Dinner Invitation of the year 1950 on the occasion of The Inauguration of The Sovereign  Democratic Republic of India at No.32, Jalan Rahmat(Chinese Chamber of Commerce) Batu Pahat on Thursday, the 26th January, 1950 at 8 p.m. 
This is Mahatma Gandhi image on vintage Marriage Invitation cover.
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7 comments:

  1. Swamy21 August 2013 at 01:09

    Good collection of Vintage Invitation Cards of India. Thank you for sharing them.

    Many of the present generation people know about the lifestyle, marriage functions, other parties like dinner etc. given by several Maharajas of India in those days through these Vintage Invitation Cards of India which you are sharing in your blog.

    Really a great effort for sharing our rich art and cultural heritage.

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  2. Unknown21 September 2013 at 20:31

    Rich collection invitation card showing cultural heritage.

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  3. kaushal pawaiya11 January 2015 at 04:32

    Waha

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  4. Invitation Cards Online30 March 2017 at 07:36

    I was looking for something like this…I found it quiet interesting, hopefully you will keep posting such blogs….

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  5. krishnaveni23 October 2017 at 02:02

    nice collection of invitation cards .

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  6. kalpana23 October 2017 at 03:06

    Invitation Cards are looking good.We also provide invitation card designers for weddings & parties.Once Visit Hyderabad Events

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  7. Preeti Dubey23 April 2019 at 06:23

    A quality post. Heritage of India is everything that is valuable, attractive, praiseworthy and traditional in character. Such a rich content you have shared with us. Really grateful to you!

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