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    Quote Originally Posted by auld argonian
    I was under the impression that the Sepoys were native Indians who were part of the British Army.

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    That's what I said; privates in the British Indian Army, i.e. Indian troops in British service, which is different from the regular British Army. Perhaps I should have said, "Army of the Raj"?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot
    "Army of the Raj"

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    I went to school with Raj. What does he have to do with this? Todd, pick up "Ben Nevis goes East" a follow up to Compton MacKenzie's Monarch of the Glen and Whisky Galore. Ben Nevis's son Hector is stationed in India.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colin
    I went to school with Raj. What does he have to do with this? Todd, pick up "Ben Nevis goes East" a follow up to Compton MacKenzie's Monarch of the Glen and Whisky Galore. Ben Nevis's son Hector is stationed in India.
    Yuck, Yuck, Yuck.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colin
    I went to school with Raj. What does he have to do with this?
    That's strange, I used to van pool with him. He sure gets around.
    We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. - Japanese Proverb

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    Quote Originally Posted by davedove
    That's strange, I used to van pool with him. He sure gets around.
    Good guy. I wondered what had happened to him after high school. I wish him well.

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