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    1. [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] India's cake-loving British 'ghost'
    2. Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar
    3. Some weeks ago I'd told you about Bahadur Shah Zafar's ghost in Delhi. That story is here: http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=5fd9e8af-e637-4e43-be11-e9467596a4d4&&Headline=A+ghost+funeral+in+Chandni+Chowk Now here is another ghost for you -- one who eats cakes. <<< Owen Tomkinson was a British soldier who died of cholera in the northern Indian state of Bihar in 1906. Nothing unusual about that, but people of Ekbalnagar in Gaya town where Mr Tomkinson is buried, believe that his ghost stops residents and passers-by and demands tea and cake. >>> Monday, 17 July 2006 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5186722.stm And this one is old hat - Shimla's share in tales of British ghosts http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030621/windows/main3.htm --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India

    07/15/2008 07:04:27