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Word: abor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Last month the Dafias were growing restive once again over a fancied favoritism shown by the Indian government in granting military protection to their hated neighbors, the Galongs. With the British no longer on hand to practice their "atrocities," India sent a detachment of 23 Assam Riflemen into the Abor Hills to talk things over in a friendlier way. The Dafias welcomed the visitors and their 150 Galong porters with effusive cordiality and set to work clearing a wide space in the forest on which they could pitch their tents. The Indians met kindness with kindness and began passing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Monkeyshines | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

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