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This is a group for students of JMU's ENG329: Haunted Victorians in the fall of 2025. 

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Fig 1.4 | Place

1.4 Hummil (Assistant Engineer)

*Not explicitly mentioned, however, London was the largest city in the world, and they likely came from this hub of economic prowess.*

An Assistant Engineer in British India was a junior officer in the Public Works Department (PWD), responsible for infrastructure projects that sustained the empire. Public…

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Map "Mohamedan" | Gallery Image

This map shows regions where the outdated term "Mohamedan" would be used, or rather Muslim countries. These are highlighted in light grey.

“ From his dress and bearing we took him at first for an up-country Mahomedan, but we were puzzled as we heard him talk" (Tagore,… more

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Summer Palace | Gallery Image

Zafar Mahal, the summer palace of the last Mughal Emperor.

Zafar Mahal, Mehrauli.jpg. 28 Dec. 2013, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zafar_Mahal,_Mehrauli.jpg. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025. Reproduced in accordance with the Doctrine of Fair Use, as per 17 USC 107.

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Fountain | Gallery Image

“About 250 years ago the Emperor Mahmud Shah II had built this lonely palace for his pleasure and luxury. In his days jets of rose-water spurted from its fountains, and on the cold marble floors of its spray-cooled rooms young Persian damsels would sit.” (Tagore, Rabindranath, (… more

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Emperor | Gallery Image

This is an image of Emperor Mahmud Shah II. This is the Emperor who owned the palace that the framed narrator stays in within the story.

Zafar Mahal, Mehrauli.jpg. 28 Dec. 2013, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zafar_Mahal,… more

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Calcutta | Gallery Image

This is an image of Calcutta, the train station in Calcutta is where the first layer of dialogue is introduced between the framing narrator and the framed narrator.

Calcutta -1900.Jpg - Wikimedia Commons.” Wikimedia.org, 2022, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calcutta_-1900.jpg. Reproduced in… more

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Passages - Secret Histories | Gallery Image

This photo represents the many extensive and dark passageways in the palace in which secret histories and traumas are hidden. This highlights the central theme of layered identities within our project. This photo also represents Mughal architecture in India.

"I cannot now say where. What endless dark and narrow passages, what long corridors, what silent… more

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Fig 1.3 | Place

1.3 Spurstow (Medical Officer)

*Not explicitly mentioned, however, London was the largest city in the world, and they likely came from this hub of economic prowess*

The Medical Officer in British India was crucial, responsible for safeguarding the health of colonial administrators, soldiers, and local populations. The Indian Medical Service (IMS…

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1.2 Lowndes (Civil Service)

*Not explicitly mentioned, however, London was the largest city in the world, and they likely came from this hub of economic prowess*

Between 1885–1900, a Civil Service job in British India meant serving in the Indian Civil Service (ICS), the elite administrative arm of the Raj. Officers were few in number and tasked…

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Mottram (Indian Surveyor)

*Not explicitly mentioned, however, London was the largest city in the world, and they likely came from this hub of economic prowess.*

Survey of India: Established in the 18th century, by the late 19th century it was one of the most important institutions of the Raj. Its officers mapped territories, measured land, and…

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