PERManently! And it's not a ri-BALD truth!! :-) Sorry, but you started it. Cheers, --- Harshawardhan ----- Original Message ----- From: "John FELTHAM" > ----- Harshawardhan (rapidly going bald) So your hair is waving? Waving goodbye? :-)

I'm relatively new to this list and this is my first posting. I have, however, been reading Mr Nimkhedkar's sundry postings with great interest. His knowledge is positively encyclopedic! I would like to bounce the following off him. Please note I'm sharing it with the HONG-Kong list. My step-father's grandfather was Benjamin Wilson HALLIFAX, born in Islington, London and he became a tea planter in Dha Jea, Bengal. He married Mary Anne Cox, a young Devon girl, in West Bengal in 1860. We have yet to find out how she got there! Anyway, they had nine children and all were born in Darjeeling. They were all sent back to Devon to be educated and the boys went to Blundells. Five of the boys went on to Balliol College, Oxford. The youngest, Benjamin William HALLIFAX, went to London University and then returned to India, where he married Jessie McCrae and it is believed went into tea planting in Assam. Charles Joseph HALLIFAX went back to India after Balliol and joined the Indian Civil Service (ICS) in 1888. He retired as Financial Advisor to the Kaihairpur State, Bombay. Arthur George HALLIFAX went back to India after Balliol and joined the ICS in Bengal in 1890. He married Eleanor Jenkins and later retired as a District Magistrate. Henry Francis HALLIFAX joined ICS Central Provinces in 1893 after Balliol and eventually became a Judge of the Chief Court. He married Grace Doyle. Herbert Witten HALLIFAX left Balliol and became a mining engineer,working at a manganese mine at Ramlik, Central Province. He then joined the Province Water Department, and became Executive Engineer at Kamtree. The fifth ex-Balliol boy was my step-father's father, Edwin Richard HALLIFAX. He bucked the trend by going to Hong Kong, where he joined the Civil Service as Colonial Cadet in 1897. He became Transvaal-Chinese Emigration Agent in Chinwongtao in 1905; District Officer North Territory in 1907; Secretary for Chinese Affairs from 1912; Private Secretary to the Governor; and acted as Colonial Secretary on many occasions. Those of us familiar with the county of Derbyshire will know Peveril as a mini-mountain in the Peak District. There's a castle there which goes back to William the Conquerer's time and named for William Peveril, William's illegitimate son. Sir Walter Scott's novel "Peveril of the Peak" takes place during Cromwell's time. It would be interesting to know the connection between Peveril Peak, Hong Kong and Peveril Peak, Derbyshire. Chris Duff in a very cold Canada. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar" <bosham@gmail.com> To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 4:19 AM Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Revisiting memorials of 1857-58 > First, to bring this on line. P G Wodehouse had had a strong family > connexion with India, as some of you might recall. His father was a > British-Raj civil servant/judge and was posted to Hong Kong in late > 1870s. PG's elder brother Peveril (named after a peak in HK) became > a big-shot in Hong Kong police force. PG's other elder brother Armine > was a lecturer in Bombay, Poona, and Benares between 1911 and 1925. > He was actively associated with Annie Besant. PG's wife Ethel was in > India with her first husband L Rowley, from 1905 to 1909. Rowley died > near Kolar GF, and the young widow then went back to England and > subsequently remarried PGW. Finally, PG's second cousin twice-removed > was Sir Philip Wodehouse - he served as Governor, not only of the Bombay > Presidency, but also of the Malay Federated States. > ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar > Nagpur, India

Mary in Massachusetts Married to Andy Mom to 8: Anastasia 17, Rose 16, Andrew 14, Nathaniel 12, Tim 10, Stephen 5, Edmund 3, Rebekah 2 "The expense is reckoned, the enterprise is begun; it is of God; it cannot be withstood. So the Faith was planted: So it must be restored." Edmund Campion from "Campion's Brag" ----- Original Message ---- From: Chris Duff <chris.duff3@sympatico.ca> To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com; HONG-KONG@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 1:22:58 PM Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Revisiting memorials of 1857-58 I'm relatively new to this list and this is my first posting. I have, however, been reading Mr Nimkhedkar's sundry postings with great interest. His knowledge is positively encyclopedic! I would like to bounce the following off him. Please note I'm sharing it with the HONG-Kong list. My step-father's grandfather was Benjamin Wilson HALLIFAX, born in Islington, London and he became a tea planter in Dha Jea, Bengal. He married Mary Anne Cox, a young Devon girl, in West Bengal in 1860. We have yet to find out how she got there! Anyway, they had nine children and all were born in Darjeeling. They were all sent back to Devon to be educated and the boys went to Blundells. Five of the boys went on to Balliol College, Oxford. The youngest, Benjamin William HALLIFAX, went to London University and then returned to India, where he married Jessie McCrae and it is believed went into tea planting in Assam. Charles Joseph HALLIFAX went back to India after Balliol and joined the Indian Civil Service (ICS) in 1888. He retired as Financial Advisor to the Kaihairpur State, Bombay. Arthur George HALLIFAX went back to India after Balliol and joined the ICS in Bengal in 1890. He married Eleanor Jenkins and later retired as a District Magistrate. Henry Francis HALLIFAX joined ICS Central Provinces in 1893 after Balliol and eventually became a Judge of the Chief Court. He married Grace Doyle. Herbert Witten HALLIFAX left Balliol and became a mining engineer,working at a manganese mine at Ramlik, Central Province. He then joined the Province Water Department, and became Executive Engineer at Kamtree. The fifth ex-Balliol boy was my step-father's father, Edwin Richard HALLIFAX. He bucked the trend by going to Hong Kong, where he joined the Civil Service as Colonial Cadet in 1897. He became Transvaal-Chinese Emigration Agent in Chinwongtao in 1905; District Officer North Territory in 1907; Secretary for Chinese Affairs from 1912; Private Secretary to the Governor; and acted as Colonial Secretary on many occasions. Those of us familiar with the county of Derbyshire will know Peveril as a mini-mountain in the Peak District. There's a castle there which goes back to William the Conquerer's time and named for William Peveril, William's illegitimate son. Sir Walter Scott's novel "Peveril of the Peak" takes place during Cromwell's time. It would be interesting to know the connection between Peveril Peak, Hong Kong and Peveril Peak, Derbyshire. Chris Duff in a very cold Canada. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar" <bosham@gmail.com> To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 4:19 AM Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Revisiting memorials of 1857-58 > First, to bring this on line. P G Wodehouse had had a strong family > connexion with India, as some of you might recall. His father was a > British-Raj civil servant/judge and was posted to Hong Kong in late > 1870s. PG's elder brother Peveril (named after a peak in HK) became > a big-shot in Hong Kong police force. PG's other elder brother Armine > was a lecturer in Bombay, Poona, and Benares between 1911 and 1925. > He was actively associated with Annie Besant. PG's wife Ethel was in > India with her first husband L Rowley, from 1905 to 1909. Rowley died > near Kolar GF, and the young widow then went back to England and > subsequently remarried PGW. Finally, PG's second cousin twice-removed > was Sir Philip Wodehouse - he served as Governor, not only of the Bombay > Presidency, but also of the Malay Federated States. > ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar > Nagpur, India ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping

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G'day Harshawardhan, On 18/02/2008, Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar <bosham@gmail.com> wrote: > ----- Harshawardhan (rapidly going bald) So your hair is waving? Waving goodbye? :-) ooroo

Thanks John, much appreciated. Molly

" Ree'thaa " - YES ! An erstwhile friend, married to an upper ranker attached to an Australian airline, attempted to carry, on return from holiday in India, a bag full through Oz Customs. Not a good idea . 'twas confiscated and the husband harped - and harped and ..... They now occupy separate bedrooms. Oh oh Ree'thaa! Sorry. Sally P.S Your aphorism - pithy but ..... g r o a n :o( Ta very much for info re 'the nut' . From: "Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar" <bosham@gmail.com> > > Sweet Memories that linger on are not subject to the > ''hair today, gone tomorrow'' dictum! (grin)

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Thanks a lot. Glad you liked the report. It's actually ''Bosham'' - an alias from P G Wodehouse's Blandings novels, which I use as my middle name. (Lord Bosham, though a viscount and a future earl, is supposed to be the stupidest chap in the Wodehouse canon and my friends tell me that he is indeed my alter ego!) Bosham (pronounced Bozz'm) is also a sea-side resort in Hants, UK. (King Canute was buried there.) So no problem, if you address me as Bosham. --- Harshawardhan <<<< Thanks Boshan (please forgive and correct me if I have addressed you wrongly) for these two references which I found extremely interesting All your contributions have been excellent. Kind regards ----Noel Lakin SITES OF PAST CONFLICT - Revisiting memorials of 1857-58 Sunday, February 17 , 2008 http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080217/jsp/opinion/story_8907767.jsp#

My grandfather was in 3/1 Punjabs. Mandeep Singh Bajwa <msbajwa@airtelmail.in> wrote: Not yet, Sir.But I'm certainly anxious to know. :-) Mandeep ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Stabler" To: Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Republic day > Did you ever get a reply? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mandeep Singh Bajwa" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:01 PM > Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Republic day > > > When were you with the Indian Army ? Which Regiment/Corps ? > > Mandeep Singh Bajwa > Director > Centre for Indian Military History > www.indianmilitaryhistory.org > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alfred Vieyra" > To: > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 3:39 AM > Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Republic day > > >> Hi everyone >> >> Does any subscriber know where I could get a copy -audio andvideo -of the >> military parade that is held annually in Delhi to celebrate Republic Day. >> >> Any format would do, such as VHS or DVD. It does not have to be from any >> particular year. I have read so much about this parade, and as ex-Indian >> army, I would like to see a film of it. From the bits I have seen on TV >> news, it is quite a grand show. Thanks a lot. >> Alfred Vieyra in Ontario >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

----- Original Message ----- From: "karoo" In response - I remember a hard, round, brown dried fruit (?) which grandmother used to boil in rain water which, when cool, made a final rinse which resulted in hair soft and shiny ! Can't recall its name? Nice memories . ---Sally ============================================== Sweet Memories that linger on are not subject to the ''hair today, gone tomorrow'' dictum! (grin) Has to be the fruit of what we call in Marathi ''Ree'thaa'' and which my technical dictionary describes as ''Soap nut tree''. Search for it by its Latin name -- Sapindus laurifolius [Vahl.]. I don't know how it's known in other Indian languages, but throughout our land the dried nuts of this tree, along with the dried pods (including seeds) of ''Shee-kay-kah-ee'' or Soap pod tree (Acasia concinna [DC] ) have been traditionally used by the rich and poor alike to wash, rinse, cleanse, shine, and soften one's hair. Chemical shampoos came in very late, but even now in rural areas, you will find women letting down their very long and thick hair on Sundays, for a prolonged head-bath using either of these two natural products. BTW, I'm sure you know the etymoloy of the word ''shampoo''. ----- Harshawardhan (rapidly going bald) Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar wrote: > <snip> (Lord Bosham, though a > viscount and a future earl, is supposed to be the stupidest chap in > the Wodehouse canon and my friends tell me that he is indeed my > alter ego!) Bosham (pronounced Bozz'm) is also a sea-side resort > in Hants, UK. (King Canute was buried there.) So no problem, if > you address me as Bosham. > Was it not the Viscount who lived in Blandings Castle who had a special affinity with pigs? This I always thought this a good point in his favour; especially his habit of tickling them behind their ears; the inane look of pleasure on a pigs face who is treated in such a manner has to be seen to be believed. I have to confess to never having linked Bosham, near where I used to live, with Blandings. Yours Aye Andrew Sellon

No, Bill. Are you also looking for this DVD? -----Original Message----- From: india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Bill Stabler Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 7:43 AM To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Republic day Did you ever get a reply? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mandeep Singh Bajwa" <msbajwa@airtelbroadband.in> To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:01 PM Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Republic day When were you with the Indian Army ? Which Regiment/Corps ? Mandeep Singh Bajwa Director Centre for Indian Military History www.indianmilitaryhistory.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alfred Vieyra" <vieyraa@publicnet.ca> To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 3:39 AM Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Republic day > Hi everyone > > Does any subscriber know where I could get a copy -audio andvideo -of the > military parade that is held annually in Delhi to celebrate Republic Day. > > Any format would do, such as VHS or DVD. It does not have to be from any > particular year. I have read so much about this parade, and as ex-Indian > army, I would like to see a film of it. From the bits I have seen on TV > news, it is quite a grand show. Thanks a lot. > Alfred Vieyra in Ontario > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi John Ken and Louis are going over to stake up your tree - after Ken has been in contact with your son-in-law. Louis has a great thick stake which he says will hold up the tree till the roots do their job. It will certainly be done before you return. Hopefully, the tree will be saved. Molly

Rootsweb saves lemon tree! This so has the "ahhh" factor! Well done everyone! Molly & Louis Hamilton <l_ehamilton@iprimus.com.au> wrote: Hi John Ken and Louis are going over to stake up your tree - after Ken has been in contact with your son-in-law. Louis has a great thick stake which he says will hold up the tree till the roots do their job. It will certainly be done before you return. Hopefully, the tree will be saved. Molly ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Did you ever get a reply? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mandeep Singh Bajwa" <msbajwa@airtelbroadband.in> To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:01 PM Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Republic day When were you with the Indian Army ? Which Regiment/Corps ? Mandeep Singh Bajwa Director Centre for Indian Military History www.indianmilitaryhistory.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alfred Vieyra" <vieyraa@publicnet.ca> To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 3:39 AM Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Republic day > Hi everyone > > Does any subscriber know where I could get a copy -audio andvideo -of the > military parade that is held annually in Delhi to celebrate Republic Day. > > Any format would do, such as VHS or DVD. It does not have to be from any > particular year. I have read so much about this parade, and as ex-Indian > army, I would like to see a film of it. From the bits I have seen on TV > news, it is quite a grand show. Thanks a lot. > Alfred Vieyra in Ontario > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Not yet, Sir.But I'm certainly anxious to know. :-) Mandeep ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Stabler" <tundas@optusnet.com.au> To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Republic day > Did you ever get a reply? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mandeep Singh Bajwa" <msbajwa@airtelbroadband.in> > To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:01 PM > Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Republic day > > > When were you with the Indian Army ? Which Regiment/Corps ? > > Mandeep Singh Bajwa > Director > Centre for Indian Military History > www.indianmilitaryhistory.org > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alfred Vieyra" <vieyraa@publicnet.ca> > To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 3:39 AM > Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Republic day > > >> Hi everyone >> >> Does any subscriber know where I could get a copy -audio andvideo -of the >> military parade that is held annually in Delhi to celebrate Republic Day. >> >> Any format would do, such as VHS or DVD. It does not have to be from any >> particular year. I have read so much about this parade, and as ex-Indian >> army, I would like to see a film of it. From the bits I have seen on TV >> news, it is quite a grand show. Thanks a lot. >> Alfred Vieyra in Ontario >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

The Iraqi Connection http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/The-Iraqi-Connection/273948/# Sunday, February 17, 2008 Had it not been for a sensational kidnapping in Baghdad in the latter half of the 1820s, Mumbai's architectural, sculptural and cultural landscape might have turned out differently. Intent on persecuting the Jewish community in his land, the new Turkish Pasha of Baghdad imprisoned David Sassoon, son of the minister of finance, Saleh Sassoon, demanding outrageous amounts of ransom money. Rescued out of jail and sent on his way through Basra, onward to Bushire and eventually, Bombay, David Sassoon, heir of a wealthy banker and chief treasurer, landed on our shores in 1832 and changed the face of his adopted homeland. [snip] ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

SITES OF PAST CONFLICT - Revisiting memorials of 1857-58 Sunday, February 17 , 2008 Over the last decade or so, visual representations have acquired salience in an understanding of these years and in 2007-8, two major exhibitions have brought paintings, lithographs and photographs to the fore; in London, the National Army Museum had also curated a special display of what is popularly regarded as one of the bloodiest and most ruthless phases in Indo-British relations. The Indian Council of Historical Research's travelling exhibition, "Representations of 1857 - Recovering the Indian Voice", that had its first viewing in Delhi's India International Centre in May 2007 and later in Calcutta from January 21, consists of an impressive display of aquatints by G.F. Atkinson (of Curry and Rice fame) as well as several by artists unknown and unnamed. Snipped from http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080217/jsp/opinion/story_8907767.jsp# ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

Thanks Boshan (please forgive and correct me if I have addressed you wrongly) for these two references which I found extremely interesting All your contributions have been excellent. Kind regards Noel Lakin ----- Original Message ---- From: Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar <bosham@gmail.com> To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 17 February, 2008 8:42:38 AM Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Revisiting memorials of 1857-58 SITES OF PAST CONFLICT - Revisiting memorials of 1857-58 Sunday, February 17 , 2008 Over the last decade or so, visual representations have acquired salience in an understanding of these years and in 2007-8, two major exhibitions have brought paintings, lithographs and photographs to the fore; in London, the National Army Museum had also curated a special display of what is popularly regarded as one of the bloodiest and most ruthless phases in Indo-British relations. The Indian Council of Historical Research's travelling exhibition, "Representations of 1857 - Recovering the Indian Voice", that had its first viewing in Delhi's India International Centre in May 2007 and later in Calcutta from January 21, consists of an impressive display of aquatints by G.F. Atkinson (of Curry and Rice fame) as well as several by artists unknown and unnamed. Snipped from http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080217/jsp/opinion/story_8907767.jsp# ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ___________________________________________________________ Support the World Aids Awareness campaign this month with Yahoo! For Good http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/