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The story is told from the point of view of a small girl who is the niece of the protagonist, Begum Jan. Begum Jan has had a very depressing life after marriage. Her husband, the Nawab, was much older than her and was thought to be extremely…

William Bentinck, Governor-General of the company from 1828, addresses the issue of whether to intervene.

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In 1861, the British began enforcing Section 377 of their penal code, which could punish those who committed sodomy or other homosexual acts with life in prison.

This map shows how large the British Raj was during 1858-1947