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The Chronicles of Budgepore or Sketches of life in Upper India

1893

Lut scarcely lute the figure of the last camel in the line of the retreating kafila passed from view behind the next sand-heap when the flapping of wings awakens with 11 thrill of horror the attention of the dying creature. [...] entering into the spirit of the thing intimated by means of a public notice that there would be a meeting of the principa inhabitants of Budgepore at the cutchery the following day at 7 a.m. [...] Some said the Government had determined that the principal inhabitants of Budgepore should forthwith be "made Christians " the phrase "being made Christians" conveying different ideas to the minds of different men according to the various shades of feeing with which They regarded the religion of the " sahibs." Others declared that the object of the meeting was the investture of the Budgepor [...] " " I have the honour to report for the information of His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor that the principal native inhabitants of Budgepore have intimated their desire for the introduction of the municipal system into this city. [...] 23 In duo time the notification appeared in the (;« --ette containing the names of all those who attended the first meeting and the day following the committee met at the same hour 7 am.
literature fiction
Pages
359
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.145009
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xv Iltudus Prichard view
Chronicle I. A Rash Promise and its Consequences
1-16 Iltudus Prichard view
Chronicle II. The Budgepore Municipal Commission
17-32 Iltudus Prichard view
Chronicle III. The Budgepore Exhibition
33-102 Iltudus Prichard view
Chronicle IV. The History of the Barracks
103-194 Iltudus Prichard view
Chronicle V. The Lieutenant-Governor’s Visit and What Came of it
195-206 Iltudus Prichard view
Chronicle VI. The Overseer
207-216 Iltudus Prichard view
Chronicle VII. A Law Suit
217-224 Iltudus Prichard view
Chronicle VIII. The Visit of our Spin
225-240 Iltudus Prichard view
Chronicle IX. The Remounts
241-276 Iltudus Prichard view
Chronicle X. Budgepore Commercial Institutions
277-294 Iltudus Prichard view
Chronicle XI. The Budgepore Political Agency
295-344 Iltudus Prichard view

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