Monday, May 2, 2011

Question - 653

Identify the man. To the right is a poem he wrote.

Answer: This is Major James Abbott, a British colonial officer stationed in India after whom the city and district of Abbottabad are named. You might have heard about this town in the news recently. Deepanshu, nice try, Kapinjal Chowdhury, Divya Shankar, Siddarth Pai, Matti, Raghu, Hari, arpit, anon, Divya, Krishna and Mekie got it. Well done.

13 comments:

Deepanshu said...

Major James Abott of Abottabad.. nice question

nice try said...

nice. abbotabad. abbot.

Kapinjal Chowdhury said...

james aboot, abbotabad..........OSAMA!

Divya Shankar said...

The poem is on Abbottabad written by major James Abbott after whom the city in Pak is named. Appreciate the timing of the question :)

Siddarth Pai said...

abbotabad is the poem
major james abbot was the poet

quick

matti tapaninen said...

Major James Abbott

raghu said...

Major James Abbot of Abbotabad fame. Nice one.

Hari said...

James Abbott

arpit said...

James Abott

Anonymous said...

James Abott

Divya said...

Sir James Abbott, Abbottabad

Anonymous said...

James Abbott of Abbottabad fame
-Krishna

mekie said...

Abbottabad!