Manipur mischief : rebellion, scandal and the dark side of the Raj, 1891
Wright, William (William J.)2018
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In 1891 the hill state and principality of Manipur erupted in violence, the worst bloodshed in India since the Great Mutiny, 34 years earlier. The Manipuris even chopped off the head of the Chief Commissioner of Assam and those of his entourage including the British Resident, handsome Frank Grimwood, leaving his beautiful young wife Ethel alone and the only woman in a world gone mad. The rising resulted in the largest colonial expedition ever mounted on the North-East Frontier of India and the worst fighting there until the Second World War. William Wright unlocks the secret government files, long buried and hushed-up, to reveal a story out of the pages of Somerset Maugham or Conrad, one of colossal military ineptitude alongside VC-winning heroism, involving pornography and paedophilia.
Main title:
Manipur mischief : rebellion, scandal and the dark side of the Raj, 1891 / William Wright.
Author:
Wright, William (William J.), author
Imprint:
Stroud : Amberley Publishing, 2018.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781445671833 (hbk)
Dewey class:
954.170354954.1703
LC class:
DS485.M49
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2203106