A rare pic of Marine Drive, Devon

c. 1866 A NW View of Karachi from Frere Hall

General view of Bombay 1881

Photograph Near Secunderabad 1870

1948 Loomis at Blue Island

1948 Bishop S. of 18th

Ord River in 1970

Opening of the Sydney Opera House in 1973

Amoskeag Falls, Merrimack River, Manchester, NH; from a 1906 postcard

David.Monniaux Aerial view of Paris, France, from balloon, showing the Eiffel Tower in center foreground, taken during the Paris Exposition of 1889 by Alphonse Liébert

Rare Photo - Sons of Last Mughal King Bahadur Shah Zafar - Mirza Jawan Bakht (Left) and Mirza Shah Abbas (Right).1850-60

Sons of Last Mughal King Bahadur Shah Zafar - Mirza Jawan Bakht (Left) and Mirza Shah Abbas (Right).1850-60

Norwegian Professor Carl Størmer and his assistant Bernt Johannes Birkeland photographing the Aurora Borealis in Alta, Norway 1910

Henry Behrens, the smallest man in 1956, dances with his Pet Cat

Company Soldiers become 'Lahoreys' in Nepal

The origin of the term 'lahorey' or 'lahure' (pronounced 'lau-ray') - literally a man from Lahore - is commonly used in Nepali as a way of referring to Gurkha soldiers. The term dates back to before the 1814-16 Anglo-Gorkha War, when the Sikh rulers in the Punjab (now in modern Pakistan) began recruiting Gurkhas into their own army - having recognised the quality of Gorkhali troops long before the arrival of the British in India. M...uch later, the British continued the tradition of recruiting and training Gurkhas in Lahore. As a result, the Nepali term 'lahorey', which is still used today, came into common use in Nepal well before the time of the British recruitment of Gurkhas.

Read the full Timeline entry:

http://www.ayo-gorkhali.org/index.php/en/timeline/soldiers-of-empire/company-soldiers-become-lahoreys

View of Khana-e-Kaab'a Masjid Al-Haram - Makkah in 1930's