Talk:The Skull of Alum Bheg

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Did you know... that Kim A. Wagner wrote The Skull of Alum Bheg to tell the story of "thousands of Indian soldiers" who rebelled in 1857?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Lee Vilenski (talk) 17:17, 23 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that in 1963, the skull of Alum Bheg, an Indian soldier who was blown from a cannon in 1857, was found in a pub in Kent? A skull found in a pub in Kent in 1963. A handwritten note inserted in an eye socket: “Skull of Haviladar Alum Bheg 46th Bengal N Infantry who was blown away from a gun" [1]
- ALT1:... that Kim A. Wagner used The Skull of Alum Bheg to tell the story of thousands of Indian soldiers? The absence enabled Wagner to use it as a jumping-board to tell the story of "thousands of Indian soldiers" like Alum Bheg, who revolted in 1857. [2]

Reviewed: Kristi Overton Johnson

Created by Whispyhistory (talk), Philafrenzy (talk), and I grieve in stereo (talk). Nominated by Whispyhistory (talk) at 15:17, 29 December 2019 (UTC).[reply]

This interesting article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and I prefer ALT1. The article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:41, 2 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]