User:Anna-Maria Samuel Whiskers

I really want to post an article about the Late Colonel Lance Howard Niblett. Date of birth 10 June 1894. Date of death 23 December 1956.

Old Niblett College in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India was founded by Colonel Lance Howard Niblett, who was Deputy Commissioner of Barabanki from 1943 to 1946. http://wikimapia.org/834957/OLD-NIBLETT-AAIC-COLLEGE

Colonel Niblett then moved to Rangamati, Bangladesh, where he was the District Commissioner in the Chittagong Hill Tracks, until his death in 1956. His untimely death was the result of a terrible accident which had occurred in December 1956, when he had taken the Prince of Iran out on a tiger hunt. (Note: it was mainly the man-eating tigers which were chosen as victims in tiger hunts which were undertaken by Colonel Niblett.)

Colonel Niblett and the Prince were both seated on the same elephant. During the trip, the elephant became startled and started to panic. The Mahout jumped off the elephant's neck and ran away. However, Colonel Niblett, was keen to try to calm the elephant and thereby spare the life of the Prince who was still seated on top of the elephant's back. So, he lowered himself towards the elephant's neck but before he could get a proper seating there, he was thrown off by the elephant. The elephant, who was still in a panic, stepped on Colonel Niblett's hip and thigh, smashing them. Colonel Niblett died from a heart attack that same day, in the jungle. He was just 62 years old but, although he had died prematurely, he had achieved so much during his life-time.

He had written quite a few books "Flashlights of India Past & Present" to name one. Also, "India in Fable, Verse and Story". He had been awarded the OBE by the Queen for his services to the British Government in India. He had also received a Papal Medal for his founding of a shrine and a church devoted to Our Lady of Lourdes.