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India Never Had It / continued wasn't. (It was constituted under the
1947 Indian Independence Act.)
Chief architect, general counsel and
all up, the producers found they had . technical advisor on the series is Maj.
invested a grand total of $232,843.17 Morris Patrick Fitzgerald O'Neill
in the fort, uniforms and props before Hudman "Chalky" Whyte, who also
a single foot of film was shot. And doubles iri brass as the show's Col.
this figure didn't include money spent Standish, commanding ·officer of the
on research, scripts, music, pre-pro..: 77th Bengal Lancers. A former British
duction salaries and the like. Army major, Whyte served two tours
of duty with · the Indian Army's
The building of Fort Oghora was Jaipur Lancers, later commanded the
-not without its international -compli- Second 16th -Punjab .Regiment and,
cations. A publicity story referring to during the early days of World War
it as "an authentic replica" brought 2, organized the famed Burma Rifles.
a stern protest from the British Con- Licked, finally, by "an assortment
sulate in San Francisco, resulting in of diseases, malaria, dysentery, strained
the description being modified to "com- heart and several dandy bullet
posite." And . an on-the-air reference wounds,'' Whyte repaired to Holly-
to "the northwest frontier of India" wood and quickly became the in-
drew the anguished fire of the Paki- ..d.ustry'.s leading expert on India.
stan Embassy in W ash1ngton, which "Anyone," a Hollywood director
asked that the area be given its proper once commented, "who makes an In-
name of Pakistan. The Screen Gems dian picture without Pat Whyte is a
diplomatic corps, hastily · recruited darned fool and asking for trouble."
fr.om the ranks of its senior publicists, "The British Consulate and the
tactfully pointed out that there was Pakistan Embassy to the contrary not-
no Pakistan in 1884-as indeed there withstanding," adds Whyte, wryly.

LANCEIS' LINGO

AFRUDI (uf/REE/dee) ........................................ Frontier people
ALLAH Uh/LA} ............................. .-........................................... God
CHAPLIS (chuh/PLEE) ............................................................ Shoes
CHATTI (chuh/TEE) .............................. , ......................... Water jug
FERINGHI (puh/RING/gee) ....... , ................................ White man
JIRGAH (JER/gah} ........................................................ Conference
MALIK (MAH/lick) ··············· ···· ···········'················-··· ····· ·····A chief
MELMUSTIA (male/ MUST/ cha) ........................ A frontier cu$tom
MEMSAHIB (MEM/sob} ............................................ White woman
MISSAHIB (miss/SOB) ...................................... Unmarried woman
MOHAMMED (mo/HAH/med) ...... -................................ A prophet
MUlVI (mool/VEE) .......................................................... A priest
PATH-AN (pah/TAHN) ...... General name for all frontier tribes
PESHAWAR (pa/SHAR) ...................................................... A town
PUSHTO (posh/TOO) .................................. A frontier language
SAHIB (sob} .............. _ ............................................................ Mister
SARAI (suh/RYE) .............................................................. A corral