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The Ridge of Delhi
The Ridge of Delhi
Chapter 7
The Long Year

The Ridge of Delhi

दिल्ली का रिज

Ninety-eight days on a razorback hill above the Kashmir Gate. The siege train at last arrives. Nicholson, six feet four and burning with intent, leads the assault and dies of his wound. The Emperor surrenders at Humayun's Tomb; his sons are shot in the road at the Khooni Darwaza.
Invoking the sacred fire...