Kim (novel) - Factual References

Factual References

• Kipling's father John Lockwood Kipling was the curator of the Lahore Museum, and is described in the scene where Kim meets the Lama.

• The gun in front of the Lahore Museum described in the first chapter is an existing piece called Zamzama, sometimes referred to as Kim's gun.

• Kim dreams of a "Red bull in a green field" which he recognises when he sees a military formation sign of a bull on a green background. The formation sign is still used by a military formation in Ambala Cantonment in India. Even in the book the formation sign belonged to an establishment in Ambala.