Krishnaraja Wadiyar (b. 1884; d. 1940) was the ruler of the Mysore principality between 1894 and 1940. He was a prominent patron of art and music, and extended patronage to artists such as Nattan Khan, Vilayat Hussain Khan, Abdul Karim Khan and Gauhar Jan.
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John Wilson (b. 1804; d. 1875) was a Scottish Christian missionary, educator and Orientalist who lived in the Bombay Presidency…
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Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (1887–1965), known by his pseudonym Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-French architect, urban planner, artist and writer; among the…
Lepel Griffin (b. 1838; d. 1908) was a British diplomat, photographer and writer and frequent collaborator of photographer Lala Deen…
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A critic and curator with the Delhi Art Gallery. At the time of writing, he lives and works in Delhi.
George Curzon (b. 1859; d. 1925) was a British statesman who served as the Viceroy of India between 1898 and…