EXHUMATION

Leena Dhingra's family was forced to abandon the family house when Partition placed Lahore in Pakistan and go into exile in France. The big family secret is the execution of Madan Lal Dhingra, Leena's great uncle, in London on 17 August 1909. An Indian freedom fighter, Madan Lal assassinated the British Indian Army Officer William Hutt Curzon Wyllie. In England, Madan Lal is a famous murderer: in India he is hailed as a great patriot, revolutionary terrorist, and martyr. In December 1976, his remains were exhumed and his body returned to India.

Part memoir, part history, Exhumation: The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra is the revealing and unraveling of secrets.