Yes you are correct
The Driver is Singh, my grandfathers chauffeur, it was a well paid job and he had a high status by local employemnt standards.
the location is Puducherry, so its French India until 1954. The residency is now a museum and my son who works in India gave them lots of photos of the
era between the wars, The chief curator was gracious and grateful for the material that my son left them for their historical displays.