Patna: its connections with the first English book by an Indian and also invention of shampoo Not many of us know that the English word ‘shampoo’ has its origins in the common Hindi word ‘champi’, yes the same champi made immortal by Johny Walker in the song ‘Sar Jo tera Chakraye…is champi me bade bade gun’ from Guru Dutt’s Pyasa, 1957. Din Mohammad This little word has had a long history which began in the city of Patna where a boy named Din Mohammad was born in 1759. Born a scion of the Nabobs of Murshidabad, Din’s family was living in reduced circumstances after the...