Hi Kerry Sorry, I'm from Bombay, but in mofussil towns, there's normally no difference between Protestant and Catholic, except in places like Goa, Bombay and Kerala.. Take care Mukund On 28 July 2014 10:30, Kerry Edwards via <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Dear Listers > > > Edith Helen Bradbury buried in Coimbatore 24 December 1940 according to LDS > records. I have asked for a copy of the burial entry. > > Would anyone know the name of the cemetery please at that time? A old Roots > web entry shows Christ the King Church Cemetery - is they only one there? > And would it contain both Protestant and Catholic burials? > > Any help appreciated. > > Kind Regards > > Kerry > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

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Stuck a time warp: The Raj-era private clubs where 'Englishness' remains a primary qualification for membership 20 July 2014 The Raj is dead. Long live the Raj. This rings true for most British-era clubs in India, 67 years after Independence. These clubs no longer deny Indians membership, but 'Englishness' remains a primary qualification for getting an access to them. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2698624/Stuck-time-warp-The-Raj-era-private-clubs-Englishness-remains-primary-qualification-membership.html ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

One of our members recently told me about this strange phenomenon. How many of you have noticed it? Do see carefully while replying to a message that the IBR List address is specifically mentioned in the TO: field. Don't just hit ''reply'' or ''reply all'' buttons. Note the addresses carefully. ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar ----- Original Message ----- Due to recent changes made by Rootsweb there is now no way to reply or reply all and get the list name as an address for an email automatically; it has to be keyed in. On some lists the reverse is now the case and replies only go to list. I think that this change is going to put some people off using Rootsweb lists in frustration while others may not notice what is happening and wonder where their messages have gone. .

I have just read this and found it fascinating that there has been so little change. Have any of them managed to stay 'men only'? David -----Original Message----- From: india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar via Sent: 20 July 2014 17:24 To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Stuck a time warp: The Raj-era private clubs Stuck a time warp: The Raj-era private clubs where 'Englishness' remains a primary qualification for membership 20 July 2014 The Raj is dead. Long live the Raj. This rings true for most British-era clubs in India, 67 years after Independence. These clubs no longer deny Indians membership, but 'Englishness' remains a primary qualification for getting an access to them. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2698624/Stuck-time-wa rp-The-Raj-era-private-clubs-Englishness-remains-primary-qualification-membe rship.html ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar ------------------------------- 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

G’day folks, An extract from a book called “Third Marine Division’s Two Score and Ten History”. This relates to the use of Navaho Indians to use their language in passing radio messages to and from the commanders in battle in the SW Pacific. The Navaho language had never been written down so the Japanese were unable to translate it. QUOTE: Oral communications were sent in Navaho and written in English at the other end already decoded, The reason , voiced a former code man, ‘it was so effective’.” This program was originated by an Anglo-Indian who, along with three Navaho instructors , trained the group of ten at Elliott. Their course even included vocabulary, alphabet, alertness and becoming proficient in Military jargon. "We were definitely trained as a walking, human code." At the completion of this unique program, the ten were transferred to different units within the 3rd Marine Division operating in the Pacific. ooroo

But I am receiving it from bounces P ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Page via" <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> To: "Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar" <bosham@gmail.com>, india-british-raj@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 9:53:29 AM Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Have you noticed these recent changes made by Rootsweb? When I hit reply or reply all, I get both addresses automatically. I don't think anything has changed for quite a while??? Your name is listed first, then IBR Patricia Page BC Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar via" <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 9:08:27 AM Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Have you noticed these recent changes made by Rootsweb? One of our members recently told me about this strange phenomenon. How many of you have noticed it? Do see carefully while replying to a message that the IBR List address is specifically mentioned in the TO: field. Don't just hit ''reply'' or ''reply all'' buttons. Note the addresses carefully. ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar ----- Original Message ----- Due to recent changes made by Rootsweb there is now no way to reply or reply all and get the list name as an address for an email automatically; it has to be keyed in. On some lists the reverse is now the case and replies only go to list. I think that this change is going to put some people off using Rootsweb lists in frustration while others may not notice what is happening and wonder where their messages have gone. . ------------------------------- 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

When I hit reply or reply all, I get both addresses automatically. I don't think anything has changed for quite a while??? Your name is listed first, then IBR Patricia Page BC Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar via" <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 9:08:27 AM Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Have you noticed these recent changes made by Rootsweb? One of our members recently told me about this strange phenomenon. How many of you have noticed it? Do see carefully while replying to a message that the IBR List address is specifically mentioned in the TO: field. Don't just hit ''reply'' or ''reply all'' buttons. Note the addresses carefully. ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar ----- Original Message ----- Due to recent changes made by Rootsweb there is now no way to reply or reply all and get the list name as an address for an email automatically; it has to be keyed in. On some lists the reverse is now the case and replies only go to list. I think that this change is going to put some people off using Rootsweb lists in frustration while others may not notice what is happening and wonder where their messages have gone. . ------------------------------- 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

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Who was this wonderful "Anglo-Indian"  and does the term mean in context what it means for "us" ? ("Indian" doesn't, here).  While I remember, I should also say that I read that one of the founders of the study of what is now called African American Literature was an Anglo-Indian (in our sense) in the U.S.A.  (probably "passing", but I do not know).  I lost the reference, which I saw on the worldwideweb, and his biography and what he thought about it all would be fascinating.   Ever since I read Reginald Maher's ground-breaking book on Anglo-Indians (in which he put forward the then almost unthinkable notion that Anglo-Indians were Indians - from South Asia - and not just legally, which most always were) I have longed to know the identity of the nameless Anglo-Indian poet whom he mentions who wrote and published two books of poetry, but whose life was circumscribed by the socio-economic constraints of his time and place.  One cannot bring unread work and heritage to the attention of our less cruel age today  (at least less cruel in some ways) without a NAME to start with.  I wrote to Mr Maher's son to ask, but fruitlessly.  While there are people still alive who JUST might know to whom Mr Maher was referring, they should tell us.    Do ask your grandparents...  Sanjay Sircar From: John Feltham via <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> To: Raj <INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, 20 July 2014 12:02 PM Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Navaho Indians - Code Breaker - WWII in the SW Pacific G’day folks, An extract from a book called “Third Marine Division’s Two Score and Ten History”. This relates to the use of Navaho Indians to use their language in passing radio messages to and from the commanders  in battle in the SW Pacific. The Navaho language had never been written down so the Japanese were unable to translate it. QUOTE: Oral communications were sent in Navaho and written in English at the other end already decoded, The reason , voiced a former code man, ‘it was so effective’.” This program was originated by an Anglo-Indian who, along with three Navaho instructors , trained the group of ten at Elliott. Their course even included vocabulary, alphabet, alertness and becoming proficient in Military jargon. "We were definitely trained as a walking, human code." At the completion of this unique program, the ten were transferred to different units within the 3rd Marine Division operating in the Pacific. ooroo ------------------------------- 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: mukund murty To: Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] British Army bases - WWI - Bombay and Poona Yes, Kurla West, and Khadki... Cheers Mukund On 15 July 2014 17:46, <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> wrote: David, have you got any replies? I didn't read any. We have a few old-Poona hands here. Audrey? -- Harshawardhan ----- Original Message ----- From: David Railton I am attempting to read some very faded notes written by my grandfather about his time in the 8th Battalion Cheshire Regiment. At the end of 1916 his unit was sent to fight in the Mesopotamia campaign. Before he reached Iraq he was stationed for some time at Bombay and then Poona. I am looking for some help in interpreting what he written about the places he stayed at or visited: He refers to being based at '.Kurla not far from Bombay' in canvas tents and describes Kurla village as a 'Rather quaint Place and a very peculiar sight to me.' On a map of Bombay I see a suburb named as Kurla West. Could this be the place? He later moved to somewhere near Poona and refers to going to Kirkee Church. Could this location be what is now known as Khadki, a suburb of Poona. Is he likely to have been based at Poona cantonment/camp? He also mentions walking to the bazaar. Could this have been Sadar Bazaar or Solapur Bazaar? Another reference is to nearby Deccan Hospital and also to Station Hospital. Also to Kinket Hos although the writing is very faded. He also mentions going to Ghorpuri. Could this be Ghorpadi.

Mt wife's family left Burma in January to March 1942 and were living in Kirkee until July 43.My wife Janet Secluna was born in Kirkee in March 43 but baptised in Jubbulpore Catholic Church in July 1943. We think this was because her father was a refugee from Burma, a qualified electrical engineer, a protected occupation we suppose; he was sent to Jubbulpore to support a munitions factory. We suppose he was sent to Kirkee because there was a military cantonment there but we have no details of this . -----Original Message----- From: india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar via Sent: 17 July 2014 07:39 To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Fw: British Army bases - WWI - Bombay and Poona ----- Original Message ----- From: mukund murty To: Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] British Army bases - WWI - Bombay and Poona Yes, Kurla West, and Khadki... Cheers Mukund On 15 July 2014 17:46, <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> wrote: David, have you got any replies? I didn't read any. We have a few old-Poona hands here. Audrey? -- Harshawardhan ----- Original Message ----- From: David Railton I am attempting to read some very faded notes written by my grandfather about his time in the 8th Battalion Cheshire Regiment. At the end of 1916 his unit was sent to fight in the Mesopotamia campaign. Before he reached Iraq he was stationed for some time at Bombay and then Poona. I am looking for some help in interpreting what he written about the places he stayed at or visited: He refers to being based at '.Kurla not far from Bombay' in canvas tents and describes Kurla village as a 'Rather quaint Place and a very peculiar sight to me.' On a map of Bombay I see a suburb named as Kurla West. Could this be the place? He later moved to somewhere near Poona and refers to going to Kirkee Church. Could this location be what is now known as Khadki, a suburb of Poona. Is he likely to have been based at Poona cantonment/camp? He also mentions walking to the bazaar. Could this have been Sadar Bazaar or Solapur Bazaar? Another reference is to nearby Deccan Hospital and also to Station Hospital. Also to Kinket Hos although the writing is very faded. He also mentions going to Ghorpuri. Could this be Ghorpadi. ------------------------------- 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 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Kirkee had (and still has)a big military presence, with its own church, hospital, bazaar and parade grounds. Both Sadar Bazaar and Sholapur Bazaar would have been rather out of the way places to visit unless he wanted something specific. Ghorpuri was a railway junction and had its own railway quarters for its staff - the attraction there may have been the Anglo Indian girls. The Army HQ was located in the vicinity. The main Military Hospital was at Wanowri (I believe Vanvadi today). When my grandfather arrived from England in circa 1900 he was sent to Kirkee before moving to Secunderabad. Spike Milligan’s father was also posted to Kirkee and Spike’s autobiography has some great pictures of the place.​ Rosemary Sent from Windows Mail From: India List Sent: ‎Thursday‎, ‎17‎ ‎July‎ ‎2014 ‎13‎:‎00 To: Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar, India List Cc: Janet NLH Organiser, Assembly Liaison, and SPUC Wales Development Mt wife's family left Burma in January to March 1942 and were living in Kirkee until July 43.My wife Janet Secluna was born in Kirkee in March 43 but baptised in Jubbulpore Catholic Church in July 1943. We think this was because her father was a refugee from Burma, a qualified electrical engineer, a protected occupation we suppose; he was sent to Jubbulpore to support a munitions factory. We suppose he was sent to Kirkee because there was a military cantonment there but we have no details of this . -----Original Message----- From: india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:india-british-raj-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar via Sent: 17 July 2014 07:39 To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Fw: British Army bases - WWI - Bombay and Poona ----- Original Message ----- From: mukund murty To: Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] British Army bases - WWI - Bombay and Poona Yes, Kurla West, and Khadki... Cheers Mukund On 15 July 2014 17:46, <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> wrote: David, have you got any replies? I didn't read any. We have a few old-Poona hands here. Audrey? -- Harshawardhan ----- Original Message ----- From: David Railton I am attempting to read some very faded notes written by my grandfather about his time in the 8th Battalion Cheshire Regiment. At the end of 1916 his unit was sent to fight in the Mesopotamia campaign. Before he reached Iraq he was stationed for some time at Bombay and then Poona. I am looking for some help in interpreting what he written about the places he stayed at or visited: He refers to being based at '.Kurla not far from Bombay' in canvas tents and describes Kurla village as a 'Rather quaint Place and a very peculiar sight to me.' On a map of Bombay I see a suburb named as Kurla West. Could this be the place? He later moved to somewhere near Poona and refers to going to Kirkee Church. Could this location be what is now known as Khadki, a suburb of Poona. Is he likely to have been based at Poona cantonment/camp? He also mentions walking to the bazaar. Could this have been Sadar Bazaar or Solapur Bazaar? Another reference is to nearby Deccan Hospital and also to Station Hospital. Also to Kinket Hos although the writing is very faded. He also mentions going to Ghorpuri. Could this be Ghorpadi. ------------------------------- 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 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ------------------------------- 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

What a question! Yes, he (or she) can, provided there is a strong inner urge. The reasons may be different but it can be done. The man described in this story is just one example. There are many others. I know (of) several. http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2014/07/can-an-englishman-become-truly-indian-.html---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

David, have you got any replies? I didn't read any. We have a few old-Poona hands here. Audrey? -- Harshawardhan ----- Original Message ----- From: David Railton I am attempting to read some very faded notes written by my grandfather about his time in the 8th Battalion Cheshire Regiment. At the end of 1916 his unit was sent to fight in the Mesopotamia campaign. Before he reached Iraq he was stationed for some time at Bombay and then Poona. I am looking for some help in interpreting what he written about the places he stayed at or visited: He refers to being based at '.Kurla not far from Bombay' in canvas tents and describes Kurla village as a 'Rather quaint Place and a very peculiar sight to me.' On a map of Bombay I see a suburb named as Kurla West. Could this be the place? He later moved to somewhere near Poona and refers to going to Kirkee Church. Could this location be what is now known as Khadki, a suburb of Poona. Is he likely to have been based at Poona cantonment/camp? He also mentions walking to the bazaar. Could this have been Sadar Bazaar or Solapur Bazaar? Another reference is to nearby Deccan Hospital and also to Station Hospital. Also to Kinket Hos although the writing is very faded. He also mentions going to Ghorpuri. Could this be Ghorpadi.

Begs the question of what true Indianness is, who defines it, how we know it, whether it changes over time and space, whether it allows for plurality, and whose interests the definition serves, no?  I speak as a member of a sometimes uncomfortably placed minority community.   Whites who "went native" were not thought to be "quite the thing", even those missionaries who wore saris etc. (unknown before Amy Carmichael in the C20, so we are told, though RC continental ones wore dhotis and saffron from the C18 onwards).  On a sidenote, I always thought that was the point of _Kim_: that what it's saying is that the best/truest/most pan-Indian "Indian" is an English boy serving the Raj: a very interesting form of colonial appropriation...  Sanjay Sircar ________________________________ From: "india-british-raj@rootsweb.com" <india-british-raj@rootsweb.com> To: india-british-raj@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2014 2:46 AM Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] Can an Englishman become truly Indian? What a question! Yes, he (or she) can, provided there is a strong inner urge. The reasons may be different but it can be done. The man described in this story is just one example. There are many others. I know (of) several. http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives/2014/07/can-an-englishman-become-truly-indian-.html---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar ------------------------------- 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

Just a line Chris, to thank you for the many scenes in the area of Swanton Morley (I had missed them the first time round!). That church seems to have a Norman flavour and I am encouraged to scout through Google for more. There is I think, a Manor house in the area for gr. grandmother Anderson worked there - she was a dressmaker. I have read again, your last couple of paras re ancient maps. Will be doing some fossicking next week and more questions may follow ! Many thanks for the scene as you have described it (Ghurka’s lurking an’ all!) Good wishes to you and yours ~ Sally On 6 Jul 2014, at 2:08 am, Chris Woods <c.woods45@btinternet.com> wrote: Hi Sally, As a mariner it didn’t matter where I lived and when moving south from the Tyne, we decided to settle on Norfolk in 1975 and to Watton in 1979. This small market town was then in a state of shock as the main air base had just closed although Eastern Radar continued for several years and until recently the army flew in aircraft (Hercules and assorted helicopters) for operations over/on the nearby Stanta training ground. It is not unusual to have Ghurka’s popping out of the bracken in Thetford forest with big guns and mischievous grins. Swanton Morley is a village as you say, and RAF Swanton Morley is now an army base, yes - the Light Dragoons are still resident. It has a grass runway - soil round here is very sandy and drains so well that concrete was only required for heavy bombers. RAF Watton was also grass until the Americans arrived and converted it to receive damaged aircraft for repair, hence the very long runway. Bets were often made as to whether the aircraft would survive the landing. One bomber even arrived with a telegraph pole as a split for one of its wings. You should find Swanton Morley by entering its name in the search engine, top right - lots of options. It is North East of East Dereham on the B1147 A close chum was a teacher at the village school where the local kids were much overwhelmed by the RAF ‘brats’ (its o.k., my wife was an army ‘brat’), and we occasionally pass through the village. It’s church of All Saints is in a beautiful position and has some war graves which I think have been recently re-furbished. some photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/43688219@N00/14119766023/in/photostream/ The ancient maps refer to enclosure and tithe maps, and the original O/S. map. When you come across an old, straight road, it is often a sign of the boundary of an ‘enclosure’. Let me know off-list if I can help with your Swanton Morley or Norfolk researches, Chris On 5 Jul 2014, at 17:46, karoo4@bigpond.com wrote: > Hello Chris > > I have surveyed the map and I guess, that the larger towns are marked. There is no Swanton Morley for it has the status, I believe, of a village ( I hear) . I believe it used to be an RAF base during the war which adds yet another base to the many in Norfolk ! I wonder if the flatlands , have anything to do with the case ?! > > Have you always lived at Watton? The map of Norfolk just looked at, is full of place names well known to most of us who have studied British History. > > Re my maternal grandmother (Nora Kay) who raised me. Her Parents (Kay and Anderson) hailed from Norfolk - Swanton Morley then > Rotherham. I was able to glean something about the Andersons from the 1881 British Census. > > The RAF base retains links to the armed forces and is now, I believe, home to the Light Dragoons (Robertson Barracks) - in 1996. > > I wonder if you have ventured anywhere near these places? The idea of ‘ancient maps’ sounds so interesting. > > Glad to have met a ‘traveller’ from Norfolk ! > > With good wishes ~ > Sally Stewart > > > > On 5 Jul 2014, at 9:23 pm, Chris Woods <c.woods45@btinternet.com> wrote: > > wonderful project - wish I was 20 years younger. > > > There was a 1947/48 aerial photo survey of Britain by the RAF and the Norfolk archives hold this county’s original glass plates from which they make free copies on CD on request. > They can also be viewed on line, along with a similar arial survey in ’88,, and can be overlaid with ancient maps: > > http://www.historic-maps.norfolk.gov.uk/mapexplorer/ > > takes a bit of getting used to. If you look up Watton, you will see the main cross roads. Our house is just south on the main road heading south and in 1940s had a wheat field behind it. > The town grew! > > Scroll to the right and you will see the old RAF Watton - still functional in ’48 complete with aircraft on the hard standings. > > Back up for a larger view of Norfolk and you will see how many RAF airfields there were just after the war, with still quite a few in 1988 although not many were operational. > Chris > > > On 3 Jul 2014, at 07:00, Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar <bosham@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 29 June 2014 >> >> Commonwealth frames: Rescued archive images and maps >> >> A collection of 1.5 million photographs, maps and other materials >> relating to the Commonwealth have been rescued from a defunct >> museum in Bristol. >> >> The images were taken for the Directorate of Overseas Surveys >> (DOS) from the 1940s until the 1990s, and show communities >> and landscapes in 55 countries. >> >> Now in Edinburgh, the photographs are being digitised and catalogued >> by the National Collection of Aerial Photography (NCAP). The >> organisation is hosted by the Royal Commission on Ancient and >> Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). >> http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-28043056 >> >> ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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

Found this interesting piece of news today. It is dated Saturday 3rd March 1821. << Bombay - The Executors of the Estate of the late Rose Nesbit are auctioning her real property on 10th April and succeeding days. The Lots comprise 11 houses, 3 stables, 13 warehouses and 1 office within the Fort; an extensive house and grounds at Byculla; the estate and village of Mattawady, another house at Byculla and a piece of land with a stable at Mahim. >> What I'd like to know is who was this propertied lady? Did she have no legal heirs to succeed to her estates? I don't know how much did the executors get after that auction in 1821, but in 2014 they would have earned no less than several billion pound sterlings or their multiples in rupees. Whew! ''11 houses, 3 stables, 13 warehouses and 1 office'' in Fort???? A glass of brandy, please! :-) ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

BRANDY!? Not Vodka? Sent from my iPad > On Jul 11, 2014, at 10:40 PM, "Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar" <bosham@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Found this interesting piece of news today. > It is dated Saturday 3rd March 1821. > > << Bombay - The Executors of the Estate of the late Rose Nesbit > are auctioning her real property on 10th April and succeeding days. > The Lots comprise 11 houses, 3 stables, 13 warehouses and 1 office > within the Fort; an extensive house and grounds at Byculla; the estate > and village of Mattawady, another house at Byculla and a piece of > land with a stable at Mahim. >> > > What I'd like to know is who was this propertied lady? Did she have > no legal heirs to succeed to her estates? I don't know how much did > the executors get after that auction in 1821, but in 2014 they would > have earned no less than several billion pound sterlings or their > multiples in rupees. > > Whew! ''11 houses, 3 stables, 13 warehouses and 1 office'' in Fort???? > > A glass of brandy, please! :-) > > ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar

I am attempting to read some very faded notes written by my grandfather about his time in the 8th Battalion Cheshire Regiment. At the end of 1916 his unit was sent to fight in the Mesopotamia campaign. Before he reached Iraq he was stationed for some time at Bombay and then Poona. I am looking for some help in interpreting what he written about the places he stayed at or visited: He refers to being based at '.Kurla not far from Bombay' in canvas tents and describes Kurla village as a 'Rather quaint Place and a very peculiar sight to me.' On a map of Bombay I see a suburb named as Kurla West. Could this be the place? He later moved to somewhere near Poona and refers to going to Kirkee Church. Could this location be what is now known as Khadki, a suburb of Poona. Is he likely to have been based at Poona cantonment/camp? He also mentions walking to the bazaar. Could this have been Sadar Bazaar or Solapur Bazaar? Another reference is to nearby Deccan Hospital and also to Station Hospital. Also to Kinket Hos although the writing is very faded. He also mentions going to Ghorpuri. Could this be Ghorpadi. Can anyone help with any of these locations? Thank you. David Railton