Leena Dhingra

EXHUMATION (eBook, ePUB)

The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Leena Dhingra's family was forced to abandon the family house when Partition placed Lahore in Pakistan and go into exile in France. The big family secret is the execution of Madan Lal Dhingra, Leena's great uncle, in London on 17 August 1909. An Indian freedom fighter, Madan Lal assassinated the British Indian Army Officer William Hutt Curzon Wyllie. In England, Madan Lal is a famous murderer: in India he is hailed as a great patriot, revolutionary terrorist, and martyr. In December 1976, his remains were exhumed and his body returned to India.

Part memoir, part history, Exhumation: The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra is the revealing and unraveling of secrets.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HopeRoad Publishing.com
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781913109165
• Artikelnr.: 62486023

Autorenporträt

Born in India, Leena Dhingra came to Europe after the 1947 Partition of India. Her first novel Amritvela was published in 1988. She is an actor whose television appearances include The Bill, Casualty, Prime Suspect and Doctor Who. She starred as Manju Patel in EastEnders and Mena Parekh in Coronation Street. A Londoner for 40 years, Leena Dhingra now lives near Manchester