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West End Watch: Where colonial classics of the Raj keep their cachet

By James Lamont in New Delhi

Published: March 18 2010 17:05 | Last updated: March 18 2010 17:05

Selling products to the British Raj in India was a colourful affair. Zam-Buk, a healing ointment for minor cuts and bruises, relied on stirring endorsements from sportsmen, travellers, surgeons and war correspondents.

In 1924, the Leeds-based company enlisted the support of Major F. Forbes-Smith who was on an overland “motor dash” from London to Quetta, a city now in Pakistan.

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