Lieutenant Colonel. K C S I, K C V O, C I E. spent much of his life in India, starting in 1878 as a soldier, and for twenty two years served both as a soldier and an administrator in the Punjab and the Princely States. Among his close friends was Rudyard Kipling who often turned to Dunlop Smith for background for his stories. He and Kipling were both known in India as as excellent story tellers, and Dunlop Smith, who had no literary aspirations, provided Kipling with numerous examples of Indian customs from his own experiences.
Lieutenant Colonel. K C S I, K C V O, C I E. spent much of his life in India, starting in 1878 as a soldier, and for twenty two years served both as a soldier and an administrator in the Punjab and the Princely States. Among his close friends was Rudyard Kipling who often turned to Dunlop Smith for background for his stories. He and Kipling were both known in India as as excellent story tellers, and Dunlop Smith, who had no literary aspirations, provided Kipling with numerous examples of Indian customs from his own experiences.
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