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Amala (c. 1918 – 21 September 1921) and Kamala (c. 1912 – 14 November 1929) were two "feral girls" from Midnapore, Bengal (Currently West Bengal), India, who were alleged to have been raised by a wolf family. Their story attracted substantial mainstream attention and debate.
Oct 14, 2022 · Probably the best known story of feral children is that of two girls, Amala and Kamala, who were raised by a she-wolf. In 1920, as the story goes, Reverend J. A. L. Singh saw a mother wolf and cubs, two of whom had long, matted hair and looked human.
Apr 15, 2017 · Perhaps one of the best-known and controversial stories of feral children is that of Amala and Kamala The wolf girls were about 18 months (Amala) and eight years old (Kamala) when they were found together in a wolves’ den.
May 1, 2009 · Singh took the wolf-raised children back to his orphanage and named the younger one Amala and the elder Kamala. Singh kept a diary and recorded detailed observations of their feral behavior, such as the girls’ four-legged prowling and mangled midnight imitations of the noises the wolves made.
Abstract: This is the story of Amala and Kamala, the two girls raised by a she-wolf in northeastern India, until they were reclaimed by humanity throught the efforts of a remarkable Anglican missionary who was also a native Indian, and his equally remarkable Indian wife, who struggled to run an orphanage in northeastern India, and whose diaries ...
Amala (died 21 September 1921) and Kamala (died 14 November 1929) were two " feral girls" from India who were alleged to have been raised by a wolf family.
Nov 28, 2013 · In the strange case of the Indian girls Amala and Kamala, for example, later research concluded that though the girls did exist, they had not been raised by wolves, but instead suffered from...
