Athletic exercises at the Delhi Camp of Exercise, 1886 (b/w photo)

Athletic exercises at the Delhi Camp of Exercise, 1886. Photograph by Deen Dayal, India, 1886. An Indian soldier aims a rifle while balancing on a pole that rests on a stool, table and bottles. The Delhi Camp of Exercise was the largest gathering of troops in peacetime India up to that date. Four divisions, comprising 14 cavalry and 36 infantry regiments took part and 37,000 troops and 25,000 followers were involved. The exercise included sports as well as military manoeuvres and lasted a month. From photograph album of 67 photographs taken by Deen Dayal, Delhi Camp of Exercise, 1886.