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Clock belonging to the 3rd Madras Light Infantry and given to Lt Colonel Hilton Vickers, the last commandant, in 1922.
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Accession Number

NAM.1974-07-1-1

Description

Clock belonging to the 3rd Madras Light Infantry and given to Lt Colonel Hilton Vickers, the last commandant, in 1922. Made in 1846 by Adam Thompson, London. Associated with the Storming of Panhala Fort, Kolhapur Campaign (1844), 1844. It was made to commemorate the capture in 1844 of Punalla (Panhala), the most important of a number of forts in southern Maratha. The clock face is engraved with numerals in Arabic, Tamil and Telegu and in addition inscriptions in Arabic and Telegu, the translation of which reads: 'In memory of the Conquest of the Fort of Punalla and the arrest of Babaji, the sardar (chief), which took place on the 1st month of December 1844. This clock was kept in the barracks of the Palam Kota Gate Infantry with the Tin Din Regiment'. Inscribed with maker's name.

Events

Panhala Fort, Siege of, 1844 (Kolhapur Campaign 1844)

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