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'Origins of E M Forster's 'A Passage to India'', 1912 - 2001

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/42/4/2

Scope and Contents

Transcriptions (? made by Riaz Hussain) of papers relating to the case of the abduction of two girls from Bombay by Khan of Hoti in late 1911, early 1912. Hussein believes Forster used details from this case to help him write 'A Passage to India'.
To request this document, please use the following call mark: EMF/42/4/2/D

Dates

  • Creation: 1912 - 2001

Creator

Extent

1 file(s) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Sent by Hussain to Librarian who gave the file to the Archive Centre.

Date information

DateText: The transcriptions are from papers dated 1912-1913. The later notes are from 2001.

Originator(s)

Hussain, Riaz

Finding aid date

2007-10-23 14:39:20+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge Repository

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