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{{Infobox person
| name = Nigel Bathurst Hankin
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1920|3|14}}
| birth_place =[[Bexhill-on-Sea|Bexhill, Sussex - United Kingdom]]
| death_date = {{dda|df=y|2007|11|30|1920|3|14}}
| death_place = [[Delhi, India]]
| education =
| occupation = Author of [[Hanklyn-Janklin]], Soldier during [[British Raj]], one of many [[Delhi, India]] British High Commission [[Hangers on]].
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'''Nigel Bathurst Hankin''' was brought up by his grandmother in [[Bexhill-on-Sea|Bexhill, Sussex]]. He was sent to Burma during late [[World War II]] but the war ended around the time he reached Bombay, India (now [[Mumbai, India]]). He liked the bustle of the [[South Asia|Indian Subcontinent]] ([[Delhi, India]] in particular) and consequently he lived there for the rest of his life.

One of his early formative experiences was watching the crowds at the funeral for [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] while he still wore the uniform of the newly defunct [[British Raj]] just after the formal [[Partition of India]]. His subsequent eclectic activities in India included running a mobile cinema. Later he worked for the [[List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to India|British High Commission]] and during his tenure there he helped newcomers to India interpret the local mores and lingo. In 1992 he formally compiled his know-how into the book ""[[Hanklyn-Janklin]]"" which became well known to locals and foreigners to the [[South Asia|Subcontinent]] alike. This cross cultural dictionary is what he is most well known for and many critics compare it to the 19th Century book [[Hobson-Jobson]].{{original research inline|date=August 2018}}

Hankin never married, had no children and kept English traits such as eating an "English Breakfast" that included cornflakes. He also gave tours of Delhi which were highly sought after but hard to book. They featured sights such as hidden bazaars and Hankin's walk and talk through [[Coronation Park, Delhi|Coronation Park]]. His brother and other relatives occasionally visited him in India before his death at age 87.<ref>{{cite news|author=Roland Watson Political Editor 7 December 2011 12:01AM |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3118067.ece |title=The Times | UK News, World News and Opinion |publisher=Timesonline.co.uk |access-date=2011-12-07 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1574988/Nigel-Hankin.html |title=Nigel Hankin |publisher=Telegraph |date= 2008-01-09|access-date=2011-12-07 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2saAQAAIAAJ |title=Hanklyn-janklin: a stranger's rumble ... - Nigel B. Hankin - Google Books |date=1996-01-11 |isbn=9788186558065 |access-date=2011-12-07|last1=Hankin |first1=Nigel B. }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Shabboleth |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVg7PNDqRT4 |title=Nigel Hankin's Delhi Durbar |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2011-12-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sawfnews.com/Lifestyle/18398.aspx |title=Former British soldier offers rare take on Delhi |publisher=Sawfnews.com |date=2006-08-16 |access-date=2011-12-07}}</ref>

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