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It is said that the bungalow was built from the salvaged material of the Bara bungalow when it was burnt down by the workers protesting the arrest of a colleague who having a grudge against the Manager killed him with an arrow. Expatriates', who have experienced the phenomenon, advice talking to the spirit and gently informing him that he is no longer the occupant of the bungalow when he leaves in peace.Ī small statuette of Lord Buddha sits on a niche of the mantel piece of the drawing room of a chota bungalow in Boroi district of Assam.

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It is said that his visits take place when the doors and windows fly open on their own. There is a bungalow in Margherita where a planter died of black water fever. The cause of death, for the insurance claim, was shown as malaria! It is believed that some of the bungalows where unnatural deaths took place are haunted. With young ladies marrying old sahibs there were bound to be scandals! When a lady came to convey her condolences to a senior planter, for the bereavement of his wife, she never went back to her husband who in rank was lower than the widower. The women who made the voyage to India, in search of husbands, included young war widows, were termed ‘the fishing fleet'.

The situation changed slowly only after the First World War when there was a dearth of young men in Great Britain and ladies travelled out to India seeking a man to marry. There were, however, the odd ones who braved it all and married the odd planter.

With rampant tropical diseases, limited medical facilities, lack of communication tea plantations were not a place which attracted ladies. There were very few tea memsahibs till the first quarter of the 20th century as it was believed that planters like the terrain were wild. Land of the Brave -an appreciation of the Gurkhas Ram Kumar Mahanta Kings Commisioned officer picture Please click on the article line to go to the article Through Ali's efforts we can see some of the amusing This is Ali Zaman's page and we now have a picture ofĪli and his lovely wife Shireen-thanks for sharing.