The barber of Lucknow: George Harris Derusett

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George Harris Derusett rose to the stewardship of the kingdom of Oudh in the mid 1830's from being a humble barber of the ruler, Nasir-ud-din. He functioned as the Nawab's personal assistant and friend, overseeing household accounts. As his position began to decline, he quietly removed himself and his assets from Oudh, reappearing in England with a small fortune in 1837. A sensational account of his life in 1855 exposed excesses in the King's household that led to the annexation of Oudh by the East India Company.

Behavior, 19th century AD, Lucknow, India, Derusett, George Harris

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Murder at Caxton Hall: the society's involuntary legacy to Amritsar

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Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab between 1913 and 1919, Sir Michael O'Dwyer, was shot dead at a meeting at Caxton Hall in March 1940 between the Royal Central Asian Society and the East India Association. Udham Singh was responsible for the murder and also for wounding three other speakers. Singh had been injured in the Amristar Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919, and he swore he would take his revenge. Singh held O'Dwyer responsible for condoning General Dyer's actions at Amristar.

Cases, Murder, Royal Society for Asian Affairs

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The Baluchistan "White Elephant": The Chappar Rift and other strategic railways on the border of British India

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In the late 1800s the British Army built technologically advanced railways across East India for strategic military reasons. Today, some remote areas depend on these lines, other lines, despite their excellence, are disused.

Analysis, Railroad engineering

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