CHITRAL: A forgotten monument from the era of the British Raj has become the centre of an unusual dispute between local villagers and those determined to preserve its colonial history. The decaying memorial commemorates a six-week siege, but for people living around it, the monument represents a very different and uncomfortable past. The controversy raises a larger question still relevant across former British colonies: Should the relics of empire be preserved as history- or allowed to disappear?

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