EXHUMATION (eBook)

The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra

LEENA DHINGRA (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
368 Seiten
HopeRoad Publishing.com (Verlag)
978-1-913109-16-5 (ISBN)

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Leena Dhingra's family was forced to abandon the family house when Partition placed Lahore in Pakistan and go into exile in France. The big family secret is the execution of Madan Lal Dhingra, Leena's great uncle, in London on 17 August 1909. An Indian freedom fighter, Madan Lal assassinated the British Indian Army Officer William Hutt Curzon Wyllie. In England, Madan Lal is a famous murderer: in India he is hailed as a great patriot, revolutionary terrorist, and martyr. In December 1976, his remains were exhumed and his body returned to India.Part memoir, part history, Exhumation: The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra is the revealing and unraveling of secrets.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.8.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Schlagworte: Actress • ahdaf soueif • Biography • British India and Partition • colonial rule • Dr Who • Erica Wagner • exhumation • Family history • India House • Indian assassin • Indian freedom fighter 1909 • Indian revolutionary 1909 • Kishwar Desai • Leena Dhingra • Madan Lal • Madan Lal Dhingra • martyer and murder • Memoir • Pentonville prison Dhingra • race and identity • South Asian Heritage Month 2021. • Victoria Brittain • Vinayak Damodar Savarkar • William Hutt Curzon Wyllie assassination
• ISBN-10: 1-913109-16-X / 191310916X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-913109-16-5 / 9781913109165