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ABW 1899-1902
Boer POW Trichinopoly, India
This is the full picture Francis Durandt, crossed legged on the right .
Displaying gift of cigars
Trichinopoly Cigar, the one that Churchill loved and Sherlock Holmes used was from a town in British India that lent its name to it – Trichy

What was it that Winston Churchill, Sherlock Holmes and the average Balaji in South India loved? The Trichie or Tritchie. The Trichinopoly Cigar which is a type of cheroot that the town of Trichy or Triruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India, is famous for. Incidentally, Trichinopoly was the name of the town in British times.