![]() His book 'The Hill of Devi' was written then: it consists of Forster's letters sent primarily to his mother and other relatives, and reminiscences of his life in India. Forster later came to regard his stay in Dewas as the 'great opportunity' of his life. ![]() The clothes that he wore at this time are preserved in the British in India Museum, 1 Newtown Street, Colne, Lancashire, England, but his visit was not as exotic as his first foray, as the maharajah and family spoke English and had adopted English domestic habits and manners. In 1921 he returned to India and the states of Dewas and Chhatarpur, working for nearly a year as a private secretary to the Maharajah of Dewas, Saptasamasra Senapati Pratinidhi Shri Tikuji Rao Powar Bapusamis, and tutor to his son. ![]() ![]() As a pacifist, Forster refused to fight in the First World War. ![]() This did not happen, though: he returned to work in the National Gallery of London from 1914 to 1915, and then for the International Red Cross in Alexandria, Egypt,until 1919, where he served as a "searcher" for missing soldiers. ![]()
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