Title

Akalis Tower at Umritzir - from a drawing by W. Carpenter, Jun., 1858. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Akalis Tower at Umritzir - from a drawing by W. Carpenter, Jun., 1858. 'For whatever purpose this elegant and fanciful building was erected, its present name is derived from a circumstance in the war of the Sikhs, when a band of Akalis (those furious fanatics, in their blue dresses and bands and chains of steel, who had constituted themseleves the guardians of the tank and temple) were pursued here after the city was taken, and driven from floor to floor till the remnant finally precipitated themselves from the summit rather than yield and confess themselves vanquished'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A82_248

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27,7Mb (2,5Mb) / 8,4in x 12,9in / 2509 x 3861 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors water building India architecture Indian arts country tower lake art British geography color death dome domes war location century empire Britain newspapers press print concept Mughal suicide TRAGEDY controversy B&W mogul controversial engraved engraving Historic building Colour tragic 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black Amritsar nineteenth century The Print Collector British Empire British Raj geographical feature Hindoostan Illustrated London News imperialism Mughal Empire Raj Sikh Wars TGN ILN William Carpenter outside newspaper Unknown The Raj moghul domed British India 19th-century Carpenter William William Carpenter Junior Carpenter William Hookham William Hookham Carpenter W. Carpenter Jun.