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This is an account of the journey of British commander-in-chief in India, General George Nugent and his wife, Maria across colonial India visiting British military stations. The journey involved the encounter of Maria Nugent with a number of prominent figures of the time, especially Indian royal personages. This critical edition contextualises her East Indian Journal, which is an account of her interactions in India, within the history of India and the British ...
couple embarked on a 14-month tour of the British military stations in northern India, a journey that took them to the very edge of the imperial frontier. On these travels, Lady Nugent met a series of extraordinary figures from Indian history including Mir Jafar's widow, Munni Begum; the Indian grandmother of a British prime minister, the Begum Johnson; and the infamous adventuress and ruthless military leader, the Begum Samru. In Delhi, she enjoyed an audience ...