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In this photograph taken on April 21, 2017, Ambassador taxis pass along Rabindra Sarani, formerly known as Chitpur Road and regarded as the city's oldest street, in Chitpur in the Indian city of Kolkata. Kolkata evolved from an East India Company trading post in the 1700s to become the 'second city' of the British Empire. Serving as the official capital of India under the British Raj until 1911, the former village on the banks of the Hooghly River developed under colonial rule to resemble the towns back in England. Kolkata's wide boulevards, imposing administrative buildings and marble monuments are now a reminder of that era. Its dense wholesale markets still bustle with activity, bisected by trams. Ghats dot the banks of the Hooghly, housing Hindu priests and flower sellers. Over 900 miles northwest in the hill station of Shimla, the British Raj's 'summer capital' provided respite from the heat to government officials and their families. They installed a narrow-gauge railway line connecting Shimla to the main railways network, and built the Viceregal Lodge from where one of Britain's most prized colonies was ruled. It was also at this lodge that Partition negotiations played out to end that rule in 1947. / AFP PHOTO / Rebecca CONWAY