: When Churchill met his ‘first great love’ in Secunderabad #IndiaNEWS #Hyderabad Hyderabad: J-95, Allenby Lines. The red letters on a white board can easily pass off as just another address in
When Churchill met his ‘first great love’ in Secunderabad #IndiaNEWS #Hyderabad
Hyderabad: J-95, Allenby Lines. The red letters on a white board can easily pass off as just another address in Bolarum, towards the far end of the Secunderabad Cantonment. Away from the chaos of the city, nestled in the secure military area blanketed in green, is this quaint colonial house, which has the words ‘The Retreat 1875’ written in bold red on the white brick façade. The reputation of the house is known to most old-timers in Secunderabad, but barely to the newer population.
Venture into the gate and right at the entrance into the patio, beneath a window with two vintage lanterns, is a marble plaque which explains why this house has its tiny bit in British Indian history. “Here lived Sir Winston LS Churchill, OBE, while serving with 4th Queen’s Own Hassars during 1896.?
A little to the right, on the patio itself, is a painting of the man himself, but not from the times when he lived in Secunderabad. The old, grumpy face, now familiar to many here courtesy Netflix series like ‘The Crown’, stares at visitors. A line in a corner of the painting says it was presented by Col L S Yadav. The house is now quarters for senior Army officials.
Not much else is known of The Retreat, though it was during his stay here that Churchill, who later went on to become Britain’s famous wartime Prime Minister, met his first great love, one which went unrequited too. In a link from winstonchurchill.org, author Fred Glueckstein quotes Churchills daughter Mary Soames from ‘Winston and Clementine: The Personal Letters of the Churchillp&KH ^8&ܙX]ݙH [Y[H[]Y و HY[] YXY HHYY]H [[ X[ [[Xx)&K YXZ[[ ][HH] ]Yݙ[X NM ] [ ܛH [8'H [ XY Y^H Z[Y[H[% ]KH] ^H ] H H[X]]Y[ڛ ]H]H] Y[%8&ۙx&H H XوXܛYH[ H ^ˈHH[ H[ H] Hو YXY ]%ۈ[[[ [H[][ XY ܚYH[[[H^H۰[Yܘ[H]Y^KX H[ XܚXKX [[[H^HXX YH[ ] H [ [Y]8&ܙX]ݙx&H[X[XY XYۈ[[[H^K
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