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ILCHAR: A group of intellectuals in Silchar want the statue of Lieutenant Colonel Eden Currie Showers, the late commandant of Surma Valley Light
Horse Volunteers now known as Assam Rifles, re-erected here.
The historical statue, raised by public subscription, was erected in Showers memory at the heart of the town more than 100 years ago.
But in 1976, Silchar municipal authorities dismantled the monument for widening the road. Since then, the statue has been lying unattended in the District Library Complex.
"It's necessary to re-erect the monument of the British hero for the sake of preservation of history and architecture of the region. It's sad that a historical monument is abandoned without care of the administration as well as Assam Rifles authorities," said a memorandum submitted to the Cachar deputy commissioner on Thursday.
Partha Pratim Das, spokesman of the delegation, said the DC has assured them to take necessary steps while Assam Rifles authorities said if the district administration makes a place available they will ensure erection of the statue of Lt-Col Showers.
The members of the delegation said Lt Col Eden Currie Showers led the Surma Valley Light Horse Volunteers as its commandant in the war fought between Great Britain and the two Boer republics South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State from 1899 to 1902. He, however, was killed in action near Thaba N'chu on April 30, 1900.
According to history, the war was precipitated by the refusal of the Boer leader Paul Kruger to grant political rights to Uitlanders (foreigners, mostly English) in the interior mining districts and by the aggressiveness of the British high commissioner Alfred Milner. Initially, the Boers defeated the British in major engagements. But the Boers finally accepted defeat at the Peace of Vereeniging.
Lt-Col Eden Currie during his tenure as commandant of the British force in Assam established close ties with the local populace. He was the son of the late Major General, St George Daniel Showers. Surma Valley Light Horse Volunteers under Lt Col Eden Currie played an important role in the war against the African republics.
ILCHAR: A group of intellectuals in Silchar want the statue of Lieutenant Colonel Eden Currie Showers, the late commandant of Surma Valley Light
Horse Volunteers now known as Assam Rifles, re-erected here.
The historical statue, raised by public subscription, was erected in Showers memory at the heart of the town more than 100 years ago.
But in 1976, Silchar municipal authorities dismantled the monument for widening the road. Since then, the statue has been lying unattended in the District Library Complex.
"It's necessary to re-erect the monument of the British hero for the sake of preservation of history and architecture of the region. It's sad that a historical monument is abandoned without care of the administration as well as Assam Rifles authorities," said a memorandum submitted to the Cachar deputy commissioner on Thursday.
Partha Pratim Das, spokesman of the delegation, said the DC has assured them to take necessary steps while Assam Rifles authorities said if the district administration makes a place available they will ensure erection of the statue of Lt-Col Showers.
The members of the delegation said Lt Col Eden Currie Showers led the Surma Valley Light Horse Volunteers as its commandant in the war fought between Great Britain and the two Boer republics South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State from 1899 to 1902. He, however, was killed in action near Thaba N'chu on April 30, 1900.
According to history, the war was precipitated by the refusal of the Boer leader Paul Kruger to grant political rights to Uitlanders (foreigners, mostly English) in the interior mining districts and by the aggressiveness of the British high commissioner Alfred Milner. Initially, the Boers defeated the British in major engagements. But the Boers finally accepted defeat at the Peace of Vereeniging.
Lt-Col Eden Currie during his tenure as commandant of the British force in Assam established close ties with the local populace. He was the son of the late Major General, St George Daniel Showers. Surma Valley Light Horse Volunteers under Lt Col Eden Currie played an important role in the war against the African republics.
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