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John Drew
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A writer goes back in time to Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, to see the place through EM Forster’s eyes
EM Forster was once the private secretary to the Raja of the princely state of Dewas.
John Drew
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How a Gujarati dance drama recreated the first-known game of cricket on Indian soil in 1721
With dandiya ras and a long sheet serving as a river and a cricket pitch, performers depicted a dramatisation of an 18th century match by the Gulf of Cambay.
John Drew
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How East India traders brought cricket to Indian shores 300 years ago this fortnight
The subcontinent’s first cricket game might have been played in present-day Gujarat in December 1721 to an audience of intrigued Koli warriors.
John Drew
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