On the sidelines of Neeraj Chopra s historic golden throw in Tokyo, a controversy has erupted among Olympic historians over whether the Subedar with the Rajputana Rifles can be described as the first winner of a track and field medal for .
1903 (undated)
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Description
This is a separately issued 1903 Thacker, Spink, and Company map of the Jammu and Kashmir region in modern-day India and Pakistan, likely published in reaction to news of a plague outbreak in Kashmir. The map depicts region from Rawalpindi to Chinese Tibet and from Yarkand (modern-day western China) to Gujarat and Ramnagar. Created for
Duke s Guide to Kashmir, this separately-issued edition retains the detail from
Duke s Guide, including the red lines referencing routes promoted in the guidebook.
A Newsmap As the Jewel of the British Empire, news from India arrived in Britain with relative speed. Edward Stanford, who published this map, successfully published maps for many years directly related to world news, hence this map, published in response to news of the outbreak.