: At 23, This British Woman Led 150 Naga Warriors Against the Japanese in 1942 #IndiaNEWS #History How did a 20-something girl, often described as a cinema actress, come to India to escape taunts by
At 23, This British Woman Led 150 Naga Warriors Against the Japanese in 1942 #IndiaNEWS #History
How did a 20-something girl, often described as a cinema actress, come to India to escape taunts by her mother to get married and take part in combat as a ‘Naga Queen’?
This was my question to Catriona Child, daughter of Ursula Graham Bower, who very graciously speaks of her mother’s exploits with the Zeme Nagas during the Japanese invasion of British-ruled Indian territories.
The ‘society beauty’ traded cocktail parties for khakis and joined around 150 Naga hillmen with ancient muzzle-loading guns, battling over 800 square miles of mountainous jungles.
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