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| Picture No | 10006784 |
| Date | 23 December 1912 |
| Description | Attack on Lord Hardinge in India 1912 |
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During a State Entry into Delhi, on 23rd December 1912, Lord Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858 û 1944) British diplomat and statesman who served as Viceroy of India, and Lady Hardinge, Winifred Selina Sturt Hardinge (nÚe Sturt),(1868 - 1914), were riding in the howdah on a State elephant when a bomb was thrown at them. It exploded in the howdah, but mainly backwards, killing one of the attendants on the back of the elephant. Lord Hardinge was wounded by a fragment of the bomb which struck his right shoulder, Lady Hardinge escaped the effects of the bomb.
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| Source | Illustration in 'Le petit Journal', 12 January 1913 page 16 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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