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The British brought rowing
as a sport and a leisure activity to India
and their legacy continues to this day.
Here, British Army Officers
of the Chattar Manzil Club,
coxed by a Miss Maxwell,
pose in front of the Chattar Manzil or Umbrella Palace
on the Gomti River, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Northern India, in 1871.
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