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The skull of Alum Bheg : the life and death of a rebel of 1857 /

In 1963, a human skull was discovered in a pub in Kent in southeast England. A brief handwritten note stuck inside the cavity revealed it to be that of Alum Bheg, an Indian soldier in British service who was executed during the aftermath of the 1857 Uprising, or The Indian Mutiny as historians of an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wagner, Kim A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Bheg, Alum > Death and burial.
India > History > Sepoy Rebellion, 1857-1858.
Military trophies > Great Britain > 19th century.
Great Britain > History, Military > 19th century.
British > India > History.
Political violence.
Imperialism.

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Call Number: DS478 .W34 2018
 
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