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The Maharajah's Box

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Christy Campbell investigates the last great mystery of the British Raj -the legacy of Duleep Singh , the boy Maharajah of the Punjab who lost his kingdom and the Koh-I-Noor diamond to Queen Victoria. Duleep was brought to Britain, converted to
Christianity and became a favourite of the Queen. For a while he lived the life of a London dandy and then a sporting gentleman. But, gradually, the enormity of his loss turned the Maharajah into a thorn in the side of the British governement and led him into a treasonable plot to join with Russian forces and drive the British from India. Producer Susan Marling

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Christy Campbell
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Duleep Singh
Producer:
Susan Marling
Source: Radio Times

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