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After 1915 the series continued as the Blue Guides and the familiar gold gilted red Murrays Handbooks published by John Murray London including the long running Handbook to India, Pakistan, Ceylon & Burma which concluded with the 21st edition in 1968 before changing from the original format of 1836 to a more modern paperback edition of 1975.
Takht Singh. Maharaja Takht Singh, GCSI [1] (6 June 1819 – 13 February 1873) was first the regent (1839–1841) and the final Maharaja of Ahmednagar ( Himmatnagar) 1841–1843 as a result of an agreement with the British. Once he ceded Ahmednagar ( Himmatnagar) to Idar, he was recognized as Maharaja of Jodhpur (1843–1873).
Elgin Bridge is a 3,695 feet (1,126 m) long railway bridge across the Ghaghra River located in Barabanki district. [ 1] The bridge falls on the Barabanki - Gonda section of the North Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways. [ 2] The bridge is about 72 kilometres (45 mi) from Lucknow and stands at periodically changing confluence of two rivers i ...
Mary Enid Evelyn Guest. Sir Austen Henry Layard GCB PC ( / lɛərd /; 5 March 1817 – 5 July 1894) was an English Assyriologist, traveller, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat. He was born to a mostly English family in Paris and largely raised in Italy. He is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of ...
Murray Barnson Emeneau (February 28, 1904 – August 29, 2005) was the founder of the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. [ 1 ] Early life and education
James Alexander Murray (18 September 1841 – after 1893) was a British zoologist, taxidermist, and museum curator in Karachi. He published several books including one on the edible birds of India and founded the Victoria Natural History Institute at Bombay but went bankrupt, was imprisoned, and died in obscurity.
Razai. Arzaai or Razai ( Hindustani: रज़ाई, رزائی; Punjabi: ਰਜ਼ਾਈ, رزائی; Bengali: রেজাই, romanized : rezāi) is a bedding ( quilt) very similar to, if not a type of, duvet or comforter, used in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Nepal. [1] Razais usually have a cotton, silk or velvet cover ...
Tibetan Foothold. Full Tilt is a book by Irish author Dervla Murphy, about an overland cycling trip through Europe, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. [1] [2] It was first published by John Murray in 1965. [3] The book is usually given the subtitle Ireland to India with a Bicycle, but has been called Dunkirk to Delhi by Bicycle [4] and From ...