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Sam Dalrymple

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Sam Dalrymple
3 years
Thrilled to reveal my big lockdown project: I've been working on my first book, "Five Partitions: The Making of Modern Asia". Just picked up by the wonderful @WmCollinsBooks and @HarperCollinsIN ! Hopefully out in 2023!
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The Bookseller
3 years
"His first book is an ambitious, brilliant conceived history and we couldn’t be prouder to be publishing him", @WmCollinsBooks pre-empts @SamDalrymple123 's debut on Indian independence, Five Partitions. Discover more here: (£)
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Sam Dalrymple
8 months
My favourite capital: from an old mansion in Kucha Pati Ram, Delhi, India
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The Cultural Tutor
8 months
What's the main difference between Classical and Gothic architecture? Just look at the "capitals" — the decorative part at the top of a column. They tell you everything you need to know. Classical capitals are all identical, but in Gothic architecture they are always different.…
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Sam Dalrymple
6 years
An article I wrote on Churchills involvement in the Bengal Famine
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Sam Dalrymple
4 years
@curiousgazelle @DalrympleWill @ProjectDastaan We've been working on exactly this! It should be up on our new website within a week!
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Sam Dalrymple
1 year
@FramkeMaria @eleonor_marcus @CarolienStolte @GuyotRechard @s_lamberthurley For late 19th/early 20th century Nagaland, do read Phejin Konyak's wonderful work on Naga Tattoo traditions - The Konyaks: Last of the Tattooed Headhunters
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Sam Dalrymple
3 years
@WasaibExplore @NazirLeghari @zarafshan @Pakistaninpics @ZeeYaseenJunejo @ycviewz @A_R_TforPEACE @DalrympleWill @RealPahorePTI @GERinPAK4youth @GermanyinPAK Bahawalpur merged with Pakistan in 1955, but it had given up its foreign affairs to Pakistan much earlier - a month after Pakistani independence. The real crazy story is Hunza, which was only merged with Pakistan in 1974!
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Sam Dalrymple
4 years
@MajorUpadhyay @tavleen_singh Neither! Its crowdfunded by donations of ordinary citizens
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Sam Dalrymple
1 year
@yusufpore @DalrympleWill The original mosque was built by Raja Bharmal on Akbar's orders in 1569, but it was majorly renovated in the 18th century.
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1 year
@GuyotRechard Thank you for this valuable list!
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Sam Dalrymple
8 months
@avtansa Where is this from?
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Sam Dalrymple
2 months
@imbabuchak @simplysubzero It isn't! But I'd love to visit
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