A presentation about Sherlock Holmes in India - made by Jay Ganguly from the Sherlock Holmes Society of India and presented on 22nd November 2014 at the launch of the 'Hound of The Baskervilles' graphic novel, Sherlock Holmes Hotel on Baker Street.

1. SHERLOCK HOLMES IN INDIA
The Detective and His Followers
Jayantika (Jay) Ganguly
General Secretary & Editor, SHSI
November 22, 2014: London
https://www.facebook.com/SherlockHolmesSocietyOfIndia

2. SHERLOCK HOLMES SOCIETY OF
INDIA - SHSI
The game is afoot.
“He is a quiet, inscrutable fellow, as most of those Indians are.”

3. SHSI Poster
designed by:
Mr Petr Kopl

4. BACKGROUND
• In the 1970s, Dr. G. Krishnamurthi founded The Sherlock Homes Society
of Madras. It had over 30 members and had regular meetings. Dr
Krishnamurthi has also contended that Sherlock's birthday fell on July 4,
1854 as opposed to January 6, 1854 which we usually celebrate.
• The Sherlock Holmes Society of India was founded on May 28, 2001 by
Mr Sumal Surendranath, currently the President of SHSI
• SHSI has about 200 core members and over 1170 on Facebook
• SHSI Annual Meet is held over the fourth weekend of August each year
• “Irregular Scion Society” of The Baker Street Irregulars
• Bi-annual publication – e-magazine: “Proceedings of the Pondicherry
Lodge” (June 1 and December 1)

7. COORDINATES
• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SherlockHolmesSocietyOfIndia
• Website at http://www.sherlockholmessociety.in/
• Membership: http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/SherlockHolmesSocietyofIndia
• Email: shsieditors@yahoo.in and shsieditors@gmail.com

8. SHERLOCK HOLMES IN INDIA
Footprints of the Detective
“For myself, my term of service in India had trained me to stand heat
better than cold, and a thermometer at ninety was no hardship.”

9. • Sherlock Holmes was never
(officially) in India, but recognises
an Indian Rupee
• Dr Watson landed in Bombay
(Mumbai)
• “Experiments in Advocacy” is a
collection of essays by Dr Kailash
Nath Katju. It has two essays
dedicated to Sherlock:
• “Sherlock Holmes in India”
• “The Sherlock Holmes Method
Applied in Court”
SHERLOCK HOLMES IN INDIA
Art by Ms Marilena Duca, Italy

10. INDIA IN THE CANON
1) Allahabad (Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh)
2) Agra (Agra, Uttar Pradesh)
3) Bangalore (Bengaluru, Karnataka)
4) Bengal (West Bengal, India and Bangladesh)
5) Benares (Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)
6) Blair Island/Port Blair (Andaman &
Nicobar Islands)
7) Bombay (Mumbai, Maharashtra)
8) Bhurtee (fictional)
9) Calcutta (Kolkata, West Bengal)
10) Cawnpore (Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh)
11) Chillianwala (now in Pakistan)
12) Darjeeling (Darjeeling, West Bengal)
13) Delhi (New Delhi)
14) Himalayas (India – Nepal – China - Tibet)
15) Hope Town (Andaman & Nicobar)
16) Jowaki (now in Pakistan)
17) Lucknow (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)
18) Madras (Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
19) Mahratta (Maharashtra)
20) Mount Harriet (Andaman & Nicobar)

11. INDIA IN THE CANON
21) Muttra (Mathura, Uttar Pradesh)
22) Peshawar (now in Pakistan)
23) Pondicherry (Pondicherry)
24) Punjaub (Punjab)
25) Rajpootana (Rajasthan)
26) Rutland Island (Andaman & Nicobar)
27) Shahgunge (Shahganj, Agra, Uttar Pradesh)
28) Sherpur (too many)
29) Terai (Nepal – India)
30) Trichinopoly (Thiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu)
Art by Ms Marilena Duca, Italy

12. PRESENT DAY
“ I n c i d e n t a t N e w D e l h i ”
“ S t a g e Tw o o f Wo r l d
Dominat ion complete!"

13. PRESENT DAY - INDIA
Sher lock Holmes , the Hor se Sher lock Holmes Pub, Bangalor e

14. SHERLOCK HOTEL, OOTY
TAMIL NADU, INDIA

15. JAICO HAS LAUNCHED FIVE NEW
HOLMES BOOKS IN INDIA FROM MX
PUBLISHING
https://www.facebook.com/SherlockHolmesInIndia

16. THE GAME IS AFOOT.
“Served in India, I see.”