![]() ![]() Royalist 1834 - Royal Yacht Squadron - illus. He remained on the ship he had travelled out in, the Castle Huntley, and returned home via China. In 1830, he arrived back in Madras but was too late to rejoin his unit, and resigned his commission. He saw action in Assam during the First Anglo-Burmese War until seriously wounded in 1825, and was sent to England for recovery. Some home tutoring followed in Bath before he returned to India in 1819 as an ensign in the Bengal Army of the British East India Company. Brooke stayed at home in India until he was sent, aged 12, to England for a brief education at Norwich School from which he ran away. His father, Thomas Brooke, was an English Judge in the Court of Appeal at Bareilly, British India his mother, Anna Maria, born in Hertfordshire, was the daughter of Scottish peer Colonel William Stuart, 9th Lord Blantyre, and his mistress Harriott Teasdale. Datu, 1843īrooke was born in Bandel, near Calcutta, Bengal, but baptised in Secrole, a suburb of Benares. The naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace was one of many visitors whose published work spoke of his hospitality and achievements.Īttack by Illanun pirates on Brooke's Jolly Bachelor, T. He was, however, honoured and feted in London for his activities in Southeast Asia. He ruled until his death.īrooke was not without detractors and was criticised in the British Parliament and officially investigated in Singapore for his anti-piracy measures. ![]() He then vigorously suppressed piracy in the region and, in the ensuing turmoil, restored the Sultan of Brunei to his throne, for which the Sultan made Brooke the Rajah of Sarawak. ![]() He then bought a ship and sailed out to the Malay Archipelago where, by helping to crush a rebellion, he became governor of Sarawak. After a few years of education in England, he served in the Bengal Army, was wounded, and resigned his commission. He ruled as the first White Rajah of Sarawak from 1841 until his death in 1868.īrooke was born and raised during the Company Raj of the British East India Company in India. Natasha is an MBA with a graduate degree in Math and lives in Mumbai.Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak KCB (29 April 1803 – 11 June 1868), was a British soldier and adventurer who founded the Raj of Sarawak in Borneo. ‘Squiggle Takes a Walk’ and ‘Rooster Raga’ have featured on Flipkart’s Best Children’s Books in 20. Her highly acclaimed History Mystery series has received numerous recognitions including the Rivo Kids Parent and Kids Choice Award. ‘Shah Jahan and the Ruby Robber’ won the Best Illustrated Children’s Book in Comic Con India 2018 while ‘Razia and the Pesky Presents’ won the South Asia Book Award in 2015.Īnother book ‘Bonkers’ received the SCBWI Crystal Kite Award for Asia and Middle East in 2014. Her poems have featured in anthologies, course-books for schools and on the CBSE recommended reading list. Often wielding humour on the page, her stories are known to lead to many giggles. Beginning with her ever-popular book ‘Icky, Yucky, Mucky’, Natasha has written across age groups and formats from picture books, early chapter books, historical fiction to her new book in a graphic novel format, ‘The Good Indian Child’s Guide to Eating Mangoes’. An award-winning children’s books author, Natasha has published eighteen books for children till date. ![]()
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