File:Amar Singh of India.jpg

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Description	Photo of Amar Singh (cricketer)
Author or copyright owner	Roger Mann
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Original publication: A History of Indian Cricket by Mihir Bose Immediate source: scanned from book
Date of publication	Before 1940
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Amar Singh (cricketer)
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	for visual identification of the person in question, at the top of his/her biographical article
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Unable to find another photo of subject
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	It will be the only image in the article
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	Low resolution scan
Other information	The subject of the photograph has been deceased since: 1940
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Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	300 dpi
Vertical resolution	300 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
File change date and time	09:53, 22 June 2013
Color space	Uncalibrated
Image width	200 px
Image height	247 px
Date and time of digitizing	19:43, 22 June 2013
Date metadata was last modified	19:53, 22 June 2013
Unique ID of original document	xmp.did:48F76429CDDAE211B47E80941C8ADE35

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