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The Great Game Continues
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The Great Game Continues

January 7, 2018January 7, 2018 kartikLeave a comment

April 6th 2003 The Iraq War of 2003 is a continuation of what used to be called “The Great Game (1) (2)”. In the 19th Century India was the prize, the UK lead actor or hero while Russia was seen as the villain. Oil has supplanted India and the UK is no longer lead actor.… Continue reading The Great Game Continues

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(The Funeral of) Ranjit Singh

January 2, 2018January 5, 2018 kartikLeave a comment

June 11th, 2001 Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of the Punjab (only the area across the Sutlej river) died in the afternoon of 27th June 1839. A stroke he suffered on the night of 17th August 1835 left him with a substantially diminished frame and half his face paralysed.

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