The Looshai (Lushai) Expedition - sketching the aborigines

The Looshai Expedition - sketching the aborigines. The British Indian Army Lushai Expedition of 1871 to 1872 was a punitive incursion under the command of Generals Brownlow and Bourchier. The objectives of the expedition were to rescue British subjects who had been captured by the Lushais in raids into Assam-including a six-year-old girl called Mary Winchester-and to convince the hill tribes of the region that they had nothing to gain and everything to lose by placing themselves in a hostile position towards the British Government

Aboriginal Aborigines Assam May23 Sketching

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