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Part 1: Chapter 1

• A basic description of the setting of Chandrapore, India is given

• Chandrapore sits on the banks of the Ganges River and is run-down and poverty-stricken.

• The city is divided in terms of social class and while the outskirts include run-down and poverty-stricken houses, as one moves inland, it improves.

• On the first rise, there is a hospital and an oval parade-ground. A more prosperous housing area is near the railway station.

• On the second rise, it improves dramatically. Here is where the civil service employees of the occupying British government live.

Part 1: Chapter 2

• Mahmoud Ali, Hamidullah, and Dr. Azid are having dinner at the home of Hamidullah and discussing their views on the British occupation.

• A messenger brings a note asking Dr. Aziz to come to the bungalow of Major Callendar, the Civil Surgeon, and the head of the hospital.

• He goes...

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