BRIGADIER'S RESTOBAR
Our Military themed restaurant-cum-bar is our dedication and humble tribute to the great Indian services, particularly the INDIAN ARMY. We have endeavoured to commemorate their saga of selflessness, gallantry, bravery, chivalry and honour. This was what these intrepid men possessed when it came to their Country, Army “Paltan” and “IZZAT”. For this they fought and gave up their lives. For this they fought and gave up their lives. For this they must always be remembered.
In the historic words of Macaulay;
“And how can men die better than facing fearful odds; For the ashes of his fathers; and the temples of his Gods?”
Photographs of epic battles, Regiments of Distinction and portraits of soldiers is GONE, but never FORGOTTEN. Our pledge to perpetuate their memory for time to come. Eulogised is my late father, Brig. J.P. Dalvi who led his 7th infantry Brigade with honor, bravery & distinction, in the impossible war with China, on the snow capped mountains of NEFA, when heavily outmanned, they fought for their country against impossible odds. A war which must never be allowed to be forgotten — “LEST WE FORGET”— !
There is valour in defeat !
HOLDY'S PUB
This Pub was established in 2002 in fond memory of Romilly Lisle Holdsworth, affectionately nicknamed “Holdy” by generations of Doon School Boys. Hold was born, on the 25th of February, 1899, in Mysore (Mysuru), to presbyterian missionary parents.
He did his schooling from lepton school, Derbyshire, an institution run principally for the sons of the clergy. After a distinguished school life he was awarded a scholarship to magdalen college, Oxford. His excellence in sports and academics continued and he was awarded a triple blue. Colours in soccer (football), boxing and cricket.
He studied litre humanities or classics. This included greek and latin literature, ancient history and philosophy; classics, somewhere along the line he also studied botany.
Holdy was selected to teach to teach at Harrow School and, when the war First World War broke out, he served in the British Army as a lieutenant in the rifle brigade.
On his return to the U.K. he played county cricket for Sussex, Warwickshire and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). While teaching at Harrow he established a club named “The Marmots” wherein he encouraged his students to learn ski mountaineering in the Alps.
In 1933 he took over as the principal of Islamic college, In Peshawar, now in Pakistan. It was referred to as the NWFP for which team Holdy played scoring a century on debut in the recently instituted Ranji Trophy Tournament.
Besides skiing Holdy was also a distinguished botanist and mountaineer. He assisted the Indian army in establishing the winter warfare high altitude school, in Gulmarg , he was invited to join George Mallory to the Everest expedition, in 1929, but they disagreed when he insisted on taking his skis along, Mallory then invited Irvine, an Australian, and they both perished atop the mountain !
In 1931, he was invited by Eric Shipton and Frank smith to climb Mt. Kamet, which he did, smoking a pipe on the summit and skiing down to the base camp !! On losing their way back they “discovered” the valley of flowers. Holdy later returned to chronicle the names of all the flowers there.
In 1939 he was invited to join the Doon School as housemaster of Data House, a post he reluctantly accepted, he served the Doon School, the capacity of deputy headmaster till his retirement in 1964.
He returned home to Somerset where he indulged in his passion for Alpine gardening, Holdy was a true scholar and educationist teaching English and History.