"long-time friends and veteran campaigners. Although they are a disciplinary headache for their colonel, they are the right men to send on a dangerous mission. Accompanying the detail are six Indian camp workers, including regimental ""bhisti"" (water carrier) Gunga Din, who longs to throw off his lowly status and become a soldier of the Queen. They find Tantrapur apparently deserted and set about repairing the telegraph. However, they are soon surrounded by hostile natives. The troops fight their way out, taking heavy losses. Colonel Weed and Major Mitchell identify an enemy weapon brought back by the survivors as belonging to"
"Gunga Din ""Gunga Din"" is an 1890 poem by Rudyard Kipling, set in British India. The poem is much-remembered by its final line: ""You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"", often quoted in the UK in reaction to self-praise. The poem is a rhyming narrative from the point of view of an English soldier in India, about an Indian water-bearer (a ""bhishti"") who saves the soldier's life but is soon shot and killed. In the final three lines, the soldier regrets the abuse he dealt to Din and admits that Din is the better man of the two."
"Many of the events and scenes are taken directly from ""Gunga Din"". Rian Johnson, the director of the 2017 film """", listed ""Gunga Din"" as one of the six movies for the cast and crew to watch before starting production. Gunga Din (film) Gunga Din is a 1939 RKO adventure film directed by George Stevens and starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., loosely based on the poem of the same name by Rudyard Kipling combined with elements of his short story collection ""Soldiers Three"". The film is about three British sergeants and Gunga Din, their native ""bhisti"""
"Gunga Din (film) Gunga Din is a 1939 RKO adventure film directed by George Stevens and starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., loosely based on the poem of the same name by Rudyard Kipling combined with elements of his short story collection ""Soldiers Three"". The film is about three British sergeants and Gunga Din, their native ""bhisti"" (water bearer), who fight the Thuggee, an Indian murder cult, in colonial British India. The supporting cast features Joan Fontaine, Eduardo Ciannelli, and in the title role, Sam Jaffe. The epic film was written by Joel Sayre and Fred Guiol"
"cadets per term to be enrolled at Sandhurst, in keeping with the new British policy goal of recruiting Indians to serve as officers in the Indian Army. At the time, most troops in the Indian Army were Indians and were commanded by British officers. At Sandhurst, Din was the first non-European cadet to be promoted to Corporal of the Corps of Cadets. At Sandhurst, he was first called Gunga, the nickname by which he was known to his friends, a reference to a well-known poem by Rudyard Kipling, ""Gunga Din"". He was commissioned a King's Commissioned Indian Officer from Sandhurst"
"The poem was published as one of the set of martial poems called the ""Barrack-Room Ballads"". In contrast to Kipling's later poem ""The White Man's Burden"", ""Gunga Din"" () is named after the Indian, portraying him as a heroic character who is not afraid to face danger on the battlefield as he tends to wounded men. The English soldiers who order Din around and beat him for not bringing them water fast enough are presented as being callous and shallow, and ultimately inferior to him. Although ""Din"" is frequently pronounced to rhyme with ""pin"", the rhymes within the poem make"
"series. The English singer Peter Bellamy included a setting of the poem on his record of ""Barrack Room Ballads"". In 1966, songwriter Jim Croce set the words to music and released it on his ""Facets"" album. In 2015, The Libertines, an English rock band, composed the single ""Gunga Din"" for their comeback album Anthems for Doomed Youth. Hawkeye Pierce (M*A*S*H) made multiple references to ""Gunga Din"". Gunga Din ""Gunga Din"" is an 1890 poem by Rudyard Kipling, set in British India. The poem is much-remembered by its final line: ""You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"", often quoted"
"temple and sound the alarm with a bugle taken from a dead Thug. He is then shot dead, but the British force is alerted and defeats the Thuggee forces. At Din's funeral pyre, the colonel formally inducts Gunga Din as a British corporal and asks visiting journalist Rudyard Kipling to recite some words over Din. Ballantine announces his intention to remain in the army, and instead of tearing up his re-enlistment papers, gives them to the colonel, much to the approval of MacChesney and Cutter. The film ends with a final image of Gunga Din's spirit, standing proudly and saluting"
"instrument of community of welfare, and well as pressure group on behalf of the community.All the (dhund)Abbasi biradaries are the same in the all provinces of Pakistan as well. Bhishti The Bhishti (Hindustani: भिश्ती, بهِشتی) are a Muslim tribe or ""biradari"" found in North India, Pakistan and the Terai region of Nepal. They are also known as (Shaikh Abbasi) Dhund Abbasi and Saqqa, and use Sheikh Abbasi, or Dhund-Abbasi, as a surname. In Maharashtra, the tribe is often referred to as Pakhali. The Sheikh Abbasi belong to Arab Tribe (Banu Abbas). The title character of Rudyard Kipling's poem ""Gunga Din"""
"No Heaven for Gunga Din No Heaven for Gunga Din; consisting of The British and American Officer's Book, is a fable by Ali Mirdrekvandi (but who ""preferred to be called Gunga Din""), edited by John Hemming, who also wrote the introduction. Published in 1965 by Victor Gollancz Ltd (London) and E. P. Dutton & Company (New York), and in six other languages. In the foreword Professor R. C. Zaehner (of All Souls College, Oxford) says Ali Mirdrekvandi was an Iranian peasant who had taught himself to read and write Persian, and then English when British and American troops arrived during"
"Bhishti The Bhishti (Hindustani: भिश्ती, بهِشتی) are a Muslim tribe or ""biradari"" found in North India, Pakistan and the Terai region of Nepal. They are also known as (Shaikh Abbasi) Dhund Abbasi and Saqqa, and use Sheikh Abbasi, or Dhund-Abbasi, as a surname. In Maharashtra, the tribe is often referred to as Pakhali. The Sheikh Abbasi belong to Arab Tribe (Banu Abbas). The title character of Rudyard Kipling's poem ""Gunga Din"" is a Bhisti. The Sheikh Abbasi are the traditional water carriers of South Asia, and the word Bhishti is derived from the Persian word ""behesht"", meaning paradise, and the"
"Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include ""The Jungle Book"" (1894), ""Kim"" (1901), and many short stories, including ""The Man Who Would Be King"" (1888). His poems include ""Mandalay"" (1890), ""Gunga Din"" (1890), ""The Gods of the Copybook Headings"" (1919), ""The White Man's Burden"" (1899), and ""If—"" (1910). He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are classics of"
"reemployed. Dyer tried to win over the Sikhs as best as he could. He forced the manager of the Golden Temple and Sunder Singh Majithia to use their influence over the Sikhs, in favour of the government. As a result, priests of the Golden Temple invited him to the sacred shrine and presented him with a Siropa (turban and sword). Rudyard Kipling, who claimed Dyer was ""the man who saved India"", is alleged to have started a benefit fund which raised over £26,000 sterling, including £50 contributed by Kipling himself for Dyer. Subhash Chopra in his book ""Kipling Sahib –"
"stories), non-fiction, and poetry. Several of his works were collaborations. Works Resources Rudyard Kipling Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( ; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in India, which inspired much of his work. Kipling's works of fiction include ""The Jungle Book"" (1894), ""Kim"" (1901), and many short stories, including ""The Man Who Would Be King"" (1888). His poems include ""Mandalay"" (1890), ""Gunga Din"" (1890), ""The Gods of the Copybook Headings"" (1919), ""The White Man's Burden"" (1899), and ""If—"" (1910). He is regarded as a major innovator in"
"Aldershot is the Army School of Physical Training, which is the headquarters of the Royal Army Physical Training Corps. The Army selected Aldershot garrison as the hub of the new South East Super Garrison, which will include satellite establishments at Minley, Bordon, Sandhurst, Pirbright, Deepcut, Keogh, Arborfield, Winchester and Worthy Down. In recent years, plans were unveiled for local government and planners to redevelop some of the land that comprises the military town according to Aldershot's Urban Extension or 'AUE'. The Aldershot Garrison is referenced in the first paragraph of Rudyard Kipling's famous poem ""Gunga Din"". Aldershot Garrison Aldershot Garrison,"
"Bagheera Bagheera (; ""Baghīrā""/""Bagīdah"") is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories in the ""Jungle Book"" (coll. 1894) and the ""Second Jungle Book"" (coll. 1895). He is a black panther (melanistic Indian leopard) who serves as friend, protector and mentor to the ""man-cub"" Mowgli. The word ""bagheera"" is Hindi/Urdu for black panther-- although the root word bagh means tiger. Born in captivity in the menagerie of the Raja of Udaipur, Rajasthan, India, Bagheera begins to plan for his freedom after his mother dies. Once he is mature and strong enough, he breaks the lock on his cage and escapes"
"Ali Mirdrekvandi Ali Mirdrekvandi (Also called Gunga Din""), () is the author of ""No Heaven for Gunga Din"", a fable, and ""Irradiant"", a popular epic, both written in broken English in the mid-20th century. Relatively little is known about Mirdrekvandi, except that he was a poorly educated native of Lorestan who managed to teach himself enough English to write and publish his work. Mirdrekvandi wrote ""The British and American Officer's Book"" while working at the officer's mess in Tehran during World War II, which was given to his mentor Hemming (then a British officer). Hemming's last contact with Mirdrekvandi was"
"Khan onto a dead strangler fig tree and eventually defeats him by causing him to fall into a pit of fire to his death, ending his tyranny once and for all. Shere Khan Shere Khan (; ) is a fictional Bengal tiger and the main antagonist of Rudyard Kipling's ""Jungle Book"" and its adaptations. According to The Kipling Society, the word ""Shere"" (or """"shir"""") translates as ""tiger"" and ""Khan"" is a title of distinction, used together ""to show that he is chief among tigers."" Other sources indicate ""Shere"" may mean ""tiger"" or ""lion"" in Persian, Urdu, and Punjabi, and that"
"up his pen viciously, and then throwing the contents all over the office, so that it was almost dangerous to approach him"". The anecdote continues: ""In the hot weather when he (Kipling) wore only white trousers and a thin vest, he is said to have resembled a Dalmatian dog more than a human being, for he was spotted all over with ink in every direction."" In the summer of 1883, Kipling visited Shimla (then known as Simla), a well-known hill station and the summer capital of British India. By then, it was established practice for the Viceroy of India and"
"Barrack-Room Ballads The Barrack-Room Ballads are a series of songs and poems by Rudyard Kipling, dealing with the late-Victorian British Army and mostly written in a vernacular dialect. The series contains some of Kipling's most well-known work, including the poems ""Gunga Din"", ""Tommy"", ""Mandalay"", and ""Danny Deever"", helping consolidate his early fame as a poet. The first poems were published in the ""Scots Observer"" in the first half of 1890, and collected in ""Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses"" in 1892. Kipling later returned to the theme in a group of poems collected in ""The Seven Seas"" under the same title."
"worried about what his child will find around the next corner, the big cat who knows he has to let go just a little but can't find it in himself to do so"". Bagheera Bagheera (; ""Baghīrā""/""Bagīdah"") is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli stories in the ""Jungle Book"" (coll. 1894) and the ""Second Jungle Book"" (coll. 1895). He is a black panther (melanistic Indian leopard) who serves as friend, protector and mentor to the ""man-cub"" Mowgli. The word ""bagheera"" is Hindi/Urdu for black panther-- although the root word bagh means tiger. Born in captivity in the menagerie of"
"in Karachi a week before its branch in Simla closed. However, the ""CMG"" in Karachi was very short lived, the publication lasting a mere 4 years. During the ""CMG""'s publication in Lahore, Simla, and Karachi, the frequency of publication changed thrice as follows: The ""Civil and Military Gazette"" was the workplace of renowned British author and poet, Rudyard Kipling. It was referred to by Kipling as his ""mistress and most true love."" Kipling was assistant editor of the ""CMG"", a job procured for him by his father, who was curator of the Lahore Museum, when it was decided that he"
"anonymous article published in ""The Youth's Companion"" in 1924 also hints at this: “Rudyard Kipling was so seldom in Simla that I have always felt convinced that his sister helped him a great deal in the ground work of his tales and ditties; she had a more intimate knowledge than he of Simla and its society."" The story is set in Kotgarh, a valley about by road from Simla, the ""summer seat of the British Government of India"". It is the home of Sonoo and his wife Jadeh, who, after the maize fails and bears raid their opium poppy field,"
"and immorality, and made them into a sophisticated screwball comedy"". ""Gunga Din"" was co-written with Charles MacArthur, and became ""one of Hollywood's greatest action-adventure films"". The screenplay was based on the poem by Rudyard Kipling, directed by George Stevens and starred Cary Grant and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.. In 1999, the film was deemed ""culturally significant"" by the United States Library of Congress. After working without credit on ""Gone with the Wind"" in 1939, he co-wrote (with Charles MacArthur) an adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel, ""Wuthering Heights"". Although the screenplay was cut off at the story's half-way point, as it was"
"fees for hunting a swamp deer. Rudyard Kipling in ""The Second Jungle Book"" featured a barasingha in the chapter ""The Miracle of Purun Bhagat"" by the name of ""barasingh"". It befriends Purun Bhagat because the man rubs the stag's velvet off his horns. Purun Bhagat then gives the barasinga nights in the shrine at which he is staying, with his warm fire, along with a few fresh chestnuts every now and then. Later as pay, the stag warns Purun Bhagat and his town about how the mountain on which they live is crumbling. Barasingha is the state animal of the"
"Mowgli Mowgli is a fictional character and the protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's ""The Jungle Book"" stories. He is a naked feral child from the Pench area in Seoni, India, who originally appeared in Kipling's short story ""In the Rukh"" (collected in ""Many Inventions"", 1893) and then went on to become the most prominent and memorable character in his collections ""The Jungle Book"" and ""The Second Jungle Book"" (1894–1895), which also featured stories about other characters. In the stories, the name Mowgli is said to mean ""frog"", describing his lack of fur. Kipling made up the name, and it ""does not"
"Movement (an allusion to the Quit India Movement started by Mahatma Gandhi). Bungling assassins kill a Professor Kipling instead of Colonel Rudyard. This Professor Kipling was the racist teacher whom a young Pandu had struck, resulting in the end of Pandu’s formal education. Vidur resigns from the civil service but Gangaji and Dhritarashtra order him to rescind his resignation. Dhritarashtra becomes head of the Kaurava Party and Pandu becomes the party’s chief organiser. Kunti bears the sons of Dharma (a young magistrate), Major Vayu of the palace guard, and Devendra Yogi: Yudhistir, Bhim the Brave, and Arjun. Exhausted, Kunti calls"
"Shere Khan Shere Khan (; ) is a fictional Bengal tiger and the main antagonist of Rudyard Kipling's ""Jungle Book"" and its adaptations. According to The Kipling Society, the word ""Shere"" (or """"shir"""") translates as ""tiger"" and ""Khan"" is a title of distinction, used together ""to show that he is chief among tigers."" Other sources indicate ""Shere"" may mean ""tiger"" or ""lion"" in Persian, Urdu, and Punjabi, and that ""Khan"" translates as ""king"", or ""leader"", in a number of languages influenced by the Mongols, including Pashto and Urdu. Shere Khan was depicted by Kipling as being born with a crippled"
"was Nandaram Sen. After his discharge, the second Indian to step into that position was Gobindram Mitra. Mitter earned fabulous amounts of money. He was so powerful that his boss Holwell could not remove him. He is credited by some as being the first Bengali to drive a coach. His celebration of the Hindu festivals was marked with lavishness and extravagance. The entire image of goddess Durga was wrapped in gold and silver leaf. Thirty to fifty maunds (one maund is about 37 kg) of rice was offered to the deity, a thousand Brahmins were fed and given gifts. It"
"and farm workers, the daily wagers, and many nomadic and wandering 'non-Aryan' tribes (who he believes were the original inhabitants of India, and whom he calls the ""Naglok"" through the title of the collected work of his poems) conquered by the invading Aryans; the people to be exploited and humiliated, to be used and abused and kept at the margins of everything decent and worthwhile. His poetry is a narrative of the wretched of the earth told by one of them. Dil was not a great reader of books.He just did not have the means to buy or access many"
"film was deemed ""culturally significant"" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. American Film Institute List ""Gunga Din"" was one of novelist and screenwriter William Goldman's favorite films. His first novel, ""The Temple of Gold"", is named after the location of the film's climax, and the movie is mentioned by name in the introduction to Goldman's novel ""The Princess Bride"". In the 1984 film ""Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"" (which is set in India in 1935), the events in ""Gunga Din"" are alluded to by the character Captain Blumburtt."
"named Mowgli, who has extraordinary skills in hunting, tracking, and driving wild animals (with the help of his wolf brothers). He asks him to join the forestry service. Mueller, the head of the Department of Woods and Forests of India as well as Gisborn's boss, meets Mowgli, checks his elbows and knees, noting the callouses and scars, and figures Mowgli is not using magic or demons, having seen a similar case in 30 years of service. Muller also offers Mowgli to join the service, to which Mowgli agrees. Later, Gisborne learns the reason for Mowgli's almost superhuman talents; he was"
"the government to move to Simla for six months, and the town became a ""centre of power as well as pleasure"". Kipling's family became yearly visitors to Simla, and Lockwood Kipling was asked to serve in Christ Church there. Rudyard Kipling returned to Simla for his annual leave each year from 1885 to 1888, and the town featured prominently in many of the stories that he wrote for the ""Gazette"". He describes this time: ""My month’s leave at Simla, or whatever Hill Station my people went to, was pure joy—every golden hour counted. It began in heat and discomfort, by"