Talk:Indian cricket team in England in 1911

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Did you know... that the 19-year-old Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala (pictured) was the captain of the first all-Indian cricket team to tour England in 1911?

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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 01:08, 31 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala

... that the then 19-year-old Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala (pictured) was the captain of the first first all-Indian cricket team to tour England in 1911? Source: https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/bhupendra-singh-maharaja-of-patiala-and-indias-1911-tour-of-england-652322

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/John Grimshaw Wilkinson
Comment: Article is at 5x now. I will continue to expand the article.

5x expanded by Ktin (talk). Self-nominated at 17:51, 5 December 2021 (UTC).[reply]

— Hook is interesting and within prescribed limits. 5X expansion performed in a timely fashion. Image has creative commons licensing. Sources check. No close paraphrasing detected with WMF Labs Dup detector. Article is good to go as soon as QPQ is completed. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 21:21, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @Gwillhickers:. Updated QPQ. Ktin (talk) 00:48, 19 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Gwillhickers: Howdy! Happy holidays! Please can you help wrap this nomination up. Ktin (talk) 20:59, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about the delay. QPQ completed - Article good to go. Happy New Year! -- Gwillhickers (talk) 21:16, 28 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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