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Darogha Ubbas Alli

Darogha Ubbas Alli (Darogha Abbas Ali) was a 19th-century Indian engineer and photographer. Following his retirement as a municipal engineer in Lucknow, Alli began photographing the city and its surroundings in the 1870s. He published fifty of these photographs in an album named The Lucknow Album in 1874.

Also recorded as Haji Abbas Ali Darogah · Darogha Ubbas Ali · Darogah Haji Abbas Ali

Darogha Ubbas Alli

Plate #12 from: The Beauties of Lucknow, Calcutta, 1874

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Name
Darogha Ubbas Alli
Birthplace
India
Occupation
Engineer, Photographer
Known for
Engineering, Photographing

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Darogha Ubbas Alli (Darogha Abbas Ali) was a 19th-century Indian engineer and photographer. Following his retirement as a municipal engineer in Lucknow, Alli began photographing the city and its surroundings in the 1870s. He published fifty of these photographs in an album named The Lucknow Album in 1874.

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