{ Home }-{ About Raja Deen Dayal - Biography }-{ Photography in India }-{ Photo Gallery } { Appointments & Awards }-{ Postal Stamp Release }-{ Newspaper Articles }-{ Contact Us } The doyen of Indian Photographers, Raja Deen Dayal was born in 1844 at Sardhana in Meerut in United Provinces. He received technical education at Thomason Civil Engineering College in Roorkee after which he joined as head estimator and draftsmen in the Public Works Department at Indore. The ruler of Indore, Maharaja Tukoji II, encouraged him to set up his studio there. Readmore... The VI Nizam of Hyderabad Mahaboob Ali Khan had the most exotic and lavish Court in India. He was born in 1866. He became the VI Nizam of the Asaf Jah Dynasty at the age of three. Regency was established till he came of age in 1884. Hyderabad during his reign became noted for visits of royalty, royal hunts and banquets, etc. Readmore... © 2010 Raja Deen Dayal. All Rights Reserved.