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Jul 19, 2018 · It does not fall to many of us to be worshipped as a living god, but that was the fate of John Nicholson, a 19th century British army officer in the service of the East India Company.
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Brigadier General John Nicholson, CB (11 December 1822 – 23 September 1857) was an Anglo-Irish military officer who rose to prominence during his career in British India.
Sep 19, 2024 · John Nicholson was a British soldier and administrator who brought relief to Delhi during the Indian Mutiny of 1857–58. Nicholson became a cadet in the Bengal Army at the age of 17 and fought at Ghaznī during the First Afghan War (1839–42).
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It does not fall to many of us to be worshipped as a living god, but that was the fate of John Nicholson, a 19th century British army officer in the service of the East India Company.
Oct 14, 2018 · The British War Hero Who Kept an Unusual Human ‘Souvenir’ on His Desk & Hung His Cooks. The British occupation of India was a time of dark deeds and extraordinary characters. Few left a more unusual legacy than John Nicholson.
Mar 4, 2019 · While researching his book, Cult of a Dark Hero: Nicholson of Delhi, Stuart Flinders of the BBC says he attempted to retrace John Nicholson ’s footsteps as he led the assault on Delhi in 1857....
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Jul 23, 2018 · Once again the Nicholson cemetery is in the news, bringing the ghost of the 1857’s much reviled, and also controversially acclaimed, British Brigadier General into the limelight.
