Hello listers, A tall order perhaps, but I wonder if any of you have come across any of the following prominent Armenians. If so, am particularly interested in any portraits, drawings, sketches or any kind of pictures of them. I don't need historical information on any of them, but pictures if possible. 1. Khojah Phanoos Kalandar 2. Thomas Cana/Kana 3. Dastagool 4. Agha Arratoon Petros 5. Astvatsatoor Mooradkhan 6. Khojah Petros Stephen Many thanks Liz Researching Chater or Armenians in India and Hong Kong in 2008? Please go to <http://www.chater-genealogy.com/> www.chater-genealogy.com.

An Indian with a triple first William Dalrymple reviews THE TRAVELS OF DEAN MAHOMET: AN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY JOURNEY THROUGH INDIA edited by Michael H. Fisher University of California Press, 35, 13.95, pp. 229 The Spectator, Jan 3, 1998 http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_199801/ai_n8795331/print ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

Lord and master of the seas Jan 19 2008 THE massive wooden figurehead depicting Lord Hastings looks straight ahead with features nobly bland - as befitting a governor-general of India. Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754 - 1826), is depicted wearing a magnificent uniform with gold epaulettes, gleaming medal and foaming cravat. The figurehead, now at Merseyside Maritime Museum, once graced the bows of HMS Hastings named after this soldier who was born into the Irish aristocracy. The 74-gun warship was built in Calcutta for the East India Company in 1818 and acquired by the British Navy the following year. At this time Lord Hastings was enjoying a brilliant career helping to carve out the burgeoning British Empire by extending territories in India and the Far East. HMS Hastings' figurehead is typical of the type found on British naval ships in the early 19th century. It was probably English-made and fitted on her arrival here in 1819. The warship travelled many thousands of miles as she plied the seas between Europe, the Mediterranean and East Indies. HMS Hastings served off Syria and in the Baltic. She carried the Dowager Queen Adelaide, widow of King William IV - known as the Sailor King - to Malta in 1838. In 1849-50 HMS Hastings was deployed against pirates operating off Hong Kong. In 1855 the sailing ship, reflecting changing times, was converted to screw propulsion and joined the Baltic Fleet at the time of the Crimean War. She came to Liverpool as a coastal defence vessel in 1857 before becoming a Royal Naval Reserve training ship in the port. After ending her days as a coal hulk in the south of England, she was broken up in 1886. The figurehead was presented to ship brokers CW Kellock & Co and displayed in its Liverpool shipping salesroom for many years before being presented to the museum. And what of the Lord Hastings who gave his name to the dependable warship? He was governor general of India from 1813 to 1823, a period marked with many military victories against peoples opposing British rule. However, things later turned sour with mud-slinging against Lord Hastings over financial issues. He resigned and left India exhausted by his labours. Far from having enriched himself as governor-general, when he arrived back in England he had to seek employment. He became the popular governor of Malta and died at sea off Naples in 1826. Lord Hastings married when he was 50 and fathered five children. On his death, he left a bizarre request - his right hand was cut off and preserved until the death of his wife, when it was placed in her coffin. Merseyside Maritime Museum is open seven days a week, admission free. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/echo-columnists/2008/01/19/lord-andmaster-ofthe-seas-100252-20368213/ =================================== ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

>From The New York Times of March 1, 1892 TRIED TO KILL THE JUDGE. DESPERATE FIGHT WITH A PRISONER IN AN INDIA COURTROOM. Bombay, Feb. 29.-A report of a sensational occurrence in a courtroom was received here to-day from Nagpur, (City of Serpents,) capital of the Central India Provinces. A murder trial is in progress there, the accused being a native of India. One of the exhibits of the prosecution was a hatchet which had been used in the commission of the crime. This implement was lying upon a table in front of the Judge's bench. The trial was proceeding in due course, when suddenly, without the court attendants having an inkling of what his intentions were, the prisoner with a bound sprang from the dock and seized the hatchet. Instantly consternation prevailed in the courtroom among the lawyers, court attendants, and spectators. Many of the spectators made a rush for the outside of the building to escape the danger they thought was threatening. Before the warders could regain their presence of mind the native sprang toward Judge Venner, who was presiding at the trial, and, notwithstanding the efforts of the latter to ward off the blow aimed at his head, the native struck him, inflicting a severe scalp wound. Before the infuriated culprit could raise the hatchet to strike a second blow he was grasped from behind by three or four of the warders. He seemed to be endowed with maniacal strength, for the warders could not hold him. The veins in his forehead and neck stood out like whipcords and his black eyes gleamed with fury as he struggled in the embrace of his would-be captors. The native still retained his hold upon the keen-edged hatchet, and had it been possible for him to have got his hands free he, no doubt, would have killed some of the warders. The latter, however, knew the danger of letting the infuriated man get his hands loose, and, though they were unable to pinion him or to wrest the hatchet from his grasp, they so held him that it was impossible for him to do more than strike short forearm blows. These sufficed to inflict a number of quite bad cuts on the warders. Finally, after a long struggle, with the aid of some of the court attendants, the hatchet was secured, and the man was securely manacled. During the contest some of the persons in the courtroom cried, ''Kill him! Kill him!'' but the warders used no more violence than was absolutely necessary to subdue the prisoner. The scene has never been equaled in the Indian courts. Though Judge Venner's wound is quite a bad one, scarcely any doubt is entertained of his recovery. ====================================== ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

>From The New York Times of February 2, 1922 NAGPUR WELCOMES PRINCE Hartal Ordered by Gandhi Fails, to Restrain the People. NAGPUR. India, Jan. 30.- After two nights in the train the Prince of Wales this morning made a state entry into Nagpur. The attempted hartal in the native portion of the town threatened a cloudy outlook this morning, but it soon became evident that the people had no heart in it and only needed an example of a few loyalists to break the orders that Gandhi had issued and flock in thousands to welcome the royal visitor. The whole way from the railway station to the Government house was lined by crowds that fairly represented every caste and class in the central provinces. ================================ ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

Hello, I am looking for information on the Royal Artillery in India. I wouldlike to know how to find out if the 8th Company 14th Battalion as it was in 1857-1858 changed its name after the mutiny. Was it amalgamated with any Native Artillery? Do the service records for the RA exist at Kew PRO? Thanks for any help Karen WIlson-deRoze

The story of St.George's http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004070500090300.htm&date=2004/07/05/&prd=mp& ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

ABOUT MEN; Lost in India By RICHARD B. WOODWARD Published: October 10, 1993 The story of a grandson's search for the grave of William Dorsey Beal, a Methodist Episcopal missionary who went to India in 1904 and served for 11 years in Muzaffarpur, Calcutta and Belgaum. During the last posting in Meerut, he contracted a throat infection that went unrecognized as diphtheria. The serum that could have saved him arrived a day late from the hill station. He was buried 8,000 miles from his birthplace in Ohio, at the age of 36. Full text at - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE7DC1130F933A25753C1A965958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

Books: Indian Graveyards http://www.kabristan.org.uk/indian-graveyards.html ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

This is a long article in five parts. East Did Meet West - 5 can be found here: http://www.pakistanlink.com/Opinion/2006/Jan06/20/09.HTM All earlier parts are also equally good. Wednesday, January 16, 2008 East Did Meet West - 5 By Dr. Rizwana Rahim TCCI, Chicago, IL ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

Saturday, January 19, 2008 Rafia Zakaria [an attorney living in the United States where she teaches courses on Constitutional Law and Political Philosophy] reviews an old book, ''Begums, Thugs and Englishmen'', recently reissued with an introduction by William Dalrymple. This is a collection of journals written by the wife of a lowly officer in the East India Company in the period 1822-1846. The collection of journals is an engaging and thought provoking account of Fanny Parkes' life and travels in India during the period. Most notable in Ms Parkes' writing is her fascination with all aspects of Indian life. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C01%5C19%5Cstory_19-1-2008_pg3_3 ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

My wife and I are flying to Perth in the morning (Saturday). I may be off line for a day or two until I get organised. ooroo If you don't hear the knock of opportunity - build a door. Anon.

Book Review: Friday, Jul 13, 2007 http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2007/07/13/stories/2007071350090400.htm Discovery of Mughal India Beyond the Three Seas Travellers' tales of Mughal India Edited by Michael Fisher Publishers: Random House India Price: Rs 350 quote *** Covering a golden period of Indian medieval history, this volume of excerpts from the writings of famous European travellers to India tellingly illustrates what made India great when Europe still reeled under the effects of bigotry and parochialism. Chronologically arranged, the accounts span the years prior to Babur's arrival in India, move on through the reigns of Akbar, Jahangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb and end up with the first underpinnings of English rule in South India. *** unquote ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

Sunday, December 17, 2000 European artists devoted their talents to depicting imperial Indian beauties in their own inimitable style. Among the earliest European observers, who claim to have gazed at the royal ladies of the Mughal Court, are Sir Thomas Roe, Bernier and Manucci. Sir Thomas Roe, the English ambassador at Jahangir's court, recorded that he snatched a glimpse of the royal ladies who were equally keen to see him. snipped from http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20001217/spectrum/main1.htm ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

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The truth behind the legend: European doctors in pre-colonial India by Rajesh Kochhar Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034 quote: The aim of this article is to point out that the medical history of India in the seventeenth century needs to be studied for its bearing on the history of medical science in this country. During the period 1644-1717, European physicians in India were sought and pampered by the Indian ruling class. English doctors were able to translate this professional goodwill into concrete commercial concessions for the British East India Company. The concessions gave the Company an edge over its rivals, and, more importantly, gave it a cause to fight for. In consequence, the Company was transformed from a vaishya (trading) organization into a kshatriya (territorial) one. These conclusions warrant a more rigorous professional study of European doctors vis-à-vis their Indian counterparts in the pre-colonial period. unquote http://www.iisc.ernet.in/academy/jbiosci/september1999/article2.htm ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=22&theme=&usrsess=1&id=186000 or http://tinyurl.com/2cpfa3 ooroo If you don't hear the knock of opportunity - build a door. Anon.

----- Original Message ----- From: <Haztwin@aol.com> To: <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Late Victorian Holocausts: The IndianFamines > Erm, excuse me - But weren't there terrible famines in India long before > the > advent of the 'colonial' rulers'? And I don't think many 'rich' > Indians - > like Ma\harajahs - did much to alleviate the suffering of their poorer > brothers and sisters. Hazel Craig I think you mean that there were famines in the Indian sub-continent - made up of self-governing territorial states. There was no nation of 'India' before the British 'colonialists'. I wonder how many years would have passed (otherwise)before the sub-continent became a unified nation? Please correct me if I am mistaken. I have long asked the question and mean no offence. Wishes S. Stewart

A three-part write-up by David Lelyveld on Swaraj Bhawan, the original Anand Bhawan, in Allahabad, which Pandit Motilal Nehru gifted to the Indian National Congress in 1930. Lelyveld begins by questioning the truthfulness of the following inscription engraved at the entrance to Swaraj Bhawan: "Swaraj Bhawan originally belonged to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, the 19th century Muslim leader and educationist. At the house-warming party, Sir William Moor (sic) hoped that this large palatial home in Civil Lines of Allahabad would become the cement holding together the British Empire in India. Paradoxically, the house was bought by Motilal Nehru in 1900, and went on to become a cradle to the Indian Freedom Struggle which was to destroy British rule in India." He concludes (in part three) thus: quote ** What this inscription does is to set up Syed Ahmad Khan against the Nehrus as the embodiment of anti-national feeling, the Muslim 'other' that helps define the boundaries of the Indian nation. What I am suggesting is that the two families were not in fact so different after all, that they came from remarkably similar backgrounds and responded to the colonial encounter in remarkably similar ways. When Jawaharlal Nehru was invited to address the Aligarh Student Union in 1933, Ross Masud £££ (see below) preempted this nationalist gesture on the part of the students by meeting Nehru at the railway station and taking on himself the role of introducing him as an old friend. It is probably true that much more united than divided them. They were, in many respects, cut from the same cloth. I can only hope that the authorities in charge of Swaraj Bhawan will take that into consideration when they come up with a new inscription. ** unquote [Note £££ : Syed Mahmud's son, Syed Ross Masud, probably most widely known now as E.M. Forster's friend and partial model for the character of Dr Aziz in A Passage to India, was in fact a significant educational leader, first in Hyderabad State, where he played a central role in the founding of Osmania University, India's first European-style university to be conducted in an Indian language, and later as Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University. He was born in 1889, the same year as Jawaharlal Nehru, and went to England at about the same time, the former eventually at Oxford, the latter at Cambridge. Both became barristers, but neither took up a legal career.] The mystery mansion Swaraj Bhawan and the myths of patriotic nationalism by David Lelyveld Full Text and photos at: http://www.littlemag.com/ghosts/davidlelyveld.html ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

>From http://www.haileybury.herts.sch.uk/archives/roll/INDIAN%20MUTINY.htm Quote *** THE INDIAN MUTINY - 1857 FORMER PUPILS OF THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COLLEGE "OLD HAILEYBURY" WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY The following are abstracts taken from the book "MEMORIALS OF OLD HAILEYBURY COLLEGE". The abstracts are taken verbatim. Thus the spellings are those used at the time the book was printed in 1894. *** Unquote A long list of names follows. Also see the other pages hyperlinked: 1ST AFGHAN WAR 1842, MULTAN 1848, and EAST INDIA COMPANY VCs. ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India