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MARKING THE MUTINY
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Join our tour, organised in association with the Families in British India Society, to sites connected with the Indian Mutiny
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arrivals/departures at airports, hotels, railway stations, plus porterage at railway stations for one standard item of baggage per person. The tour is limited to 30 people, with an estimated price, including air fares, of ÂŁ2,970 each, sharing a double room (single supplement is ÂŁ595). The price is based on economy class air travel from London to Delhi, with return flights from Kolkata to London.
Find out more Family History Tours, the specialist in historical family history tours to India, organises trips for the Families in British India Society.
A tour group at the Taj Mahal.
Elaine MacGregor
For further information email ancestorstours@fhtours.com, visit www.fhtours.com or www.ancestorsmagazine.co.uk or write to Family History Tours, The Sussex Innovation Centre, Science Park Square, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9SB.
he year 2007 is a significant one for British Indian history. It is the 150th anniversary of the 1857 uprising, the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Plassey and the 60th anniversary of Indian Independence. To mark these events, Family History Tours is organising a second commemorative 18-day trip to India (the first, in February this year, was fully subscribed) from 5-23 October. This is an opportunity for fellow historians to spend time together, as well as possibly seeing where their ancestors lived and worked. Starting in Delhi, we will visit some of the sites of the mutiny, travel through the former Bengal Presidency, and finish the tour in Kolkata (Calcutta). Throughout the trip the party will be accompanied by a specialist from Family History Tours, as well as an Englishspeaking Indian guide. Among the knowledgeable guest speakers at evening lectures will be William Dalrymple, the distinguished author and historian, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Asiatic Society, who will be giving his talk in Delhi. Highlights of the tour will include: a visit to Meerut where the Mutiny began; the fort at Agra, where nearly 9,000 British families sought refuge; Kanpur (Cawnpore); the residency at Lucknow, where gallant defenders fought off much larger forces in a 90-day siege; and various sites in Kolkata (Calcutta). Accommodation will be in high quality hotels with all meals included, while airconditioned overland travel will be by coach and rail. There will also be celebration dinners at the start and end of the tour, as well as meeting and assistance on
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