The Assassination of the Earl of Mayo, Viceroy of India, while visiting the convict settlement at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands, on 8 February 1872. Assassinated by Sher Ali Afridi an Afridi Pathan convict.

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Illustration from an Illustrated history of India published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin circa 1876. The Assassination of the Earl of Mayo, Viceroy of India, while visiting the convict settlement at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands, on 8 February 1872. Assassinated by Sher Ali Afridi an Afridi Pathan convict.

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