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Khyber 24-11-19 09:23 AM

India opium department
 
Hello everyone,

There used to be an Opium Department in India in colonial days. If i recall correctly, George Orwell's father worked for them in Bihar.

Has anyone ever seen or know of a badge or button to the department? I have a button to the Bombay Salt Department and it occurred to me that there might be a badge/button to the Opium Department as well..

Thanks,
Sunil

High Wood 24-11-19 07:36 PM

I saw a travel documentary recently where some intrepid traveller visited the the opium factory somewhere in India, I forget where but it might have been somewhere near Cawnpore (Kanpur). It is apparently the very same factory that we built but now supplies the Indian state with all its opiate requirements.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium_and_Alkaloid_Works

Cawnpore- Ghazipur. I doubt that there are many in England who would know the significance of either place these days.

grey_green_acorn 24-11-19 09:14 PM

I think the traveller was Michael Portillo on his railway journey across India.

Tim

High Wood 24-11-19 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grey_green_acorn (Post 493164)
I think the traveller was Michael Portillo on his railway journey across India.

Tim

I was racking my brains, I had thought it was Simon Reeve or Sue Perkins, but you are right, it was Portillo.

It seems strange that the BBC keeps making the same programme with different people. I think that Chris Tarrant had a go for the other side as well.

Simon

Khyber 25-11-19 08:42 AM

Yes, Ive seen that one too...Don't recall the details but it was a railway journey thing. It was in Ghazipur. Another place to visit!

peter monahan 12-01-21 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by High Wood (Post 493167)
I was racking my brains, I had thought it was Simon Reeve or Sue Perkins, but you are right, it was Portillo.

It seems strange that the BBC keeps making the same programme with different people. I think that Chris Tarrant had a go for the other side as well.

Simon

Why invest in new story ideas when you can file the serial numbers off, add a coat of paint and sell the same show to a new audience as 'fresh television'?


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