Ballrooms, bagpipes, bond: Bombay Scottish turns 175

Almost every December in the 1870s, the grim Elephanta caves echoed a set of merry Scottish sounds. A government-lent steam boat would steer a group of young "lads and lassies" to its coolie-dotted jetty for their annual shedding of coats, hats and inhibitions.

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