Word: agra
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...birth of Man Singh, a son of the proud Thakore clan in India's northern Agra district, a Brahman priest predicted that he would one day grow up to "become a terror to kings." But as a boy Man Singh was remarkable only for his mild and conscientious disposition. He took no part or interest in the traditional blood feuds between Brahman and Thakore that raged constantly in the Rajput countryside west of the Taj Mahal. He clothed himself in the handspun cloth of humility known as Khadi to show his allegiance to Gandhi, and in hawk-nosed, dignified...
...wear out his aides faster, than a visit to the ruins and relics of these ancient civilizations. Not content with merely a leisurely glimpse, he wants to visit upstairs and down in all the buildings, with an archeologist at his side to answer a barrage of questions. At Agra, India, the other day, he spent more than five hours and must have walked from 10 to 15 miles examining the Taj Mahal and the ruins of Fatehpur Sikri, built by Emperor Akbar. Before the Prime Minister was midway through, I and the others in the party were beginning to feel...