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Daily Archives: August 9, 2011
Lord Linlithgow’s claim to fame
Not satisfied by the numbers he and his party killed in 1936 and 1937 over 3 separate shoots (total kill 5,459) at what is now the Bharatpur (Keoladeo Ghana) Bird Sanctuary in Rajasthan, India, Victor Alexander John Hope (Lord Linlithgow … Continue reading
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