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City’s love & betrayal story on BBC
City’s love & betrayal story on BBC. That the beauty of Indian women enchanted colonial men during the British rule is widely known. Historian and author William Dalrymple unearthed the unexplored affair of Hyderabadi princess, Khair-Un-Nissa (that means, ‘most excellent among women’) and British diplomat James Achilles Kirkpatrick in his extensive travels to the Deccan plains.
Documentary on Khair-Un-Nissa-Kirkpatrick love story to be aired on Sept. 3
That the beauty of Indian women enchanted colonial men during the British rule is widely known. Historian and author William Dalrymple unearthed the unexplored affair of Hyderabadi princess, Khair-Un-Nissa (that means, ‘most excellent among women’) and British diplomat James Achilles Kirkpatrick in his extensive travels to the Deccan plains.
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The romantic love affair traced has now been converted into a documentary and is set to be aired on BBC on September 3. The film depicts the compelling story of seduction and betrayal; Kirkpatrick, who was a resident at the Hyderabad court, risked everything, converted to Islam, even became a double agent, to marry his love.
History buffs are in for a revelling treat as Dalrymple tells the story of the Kirkpatricks and their children, who were sent back to England and absorbed into Victorian society, through the art and architecture of the time. The hour long documentary will be telecast on September 3, on BBC Four.
