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Several days later, Heckscher bowed to Azam Khan in the first round of the National Open Squash Racquets Tournament by a 3-1 score. The one game which he won proved to be the only ray of hope for the United States squash delegation as Pakistan's famed pair of brothers. Hashim and Azam Khan, swept through the tournament with only this one game to mar an otherwise perfect record against all but each other...
Died. Sahebzadi Azam-Un-Nisa Begum Saheba, 65, first of the four wives (two still alive) of His Exalted Highness Osman Ali Khan, Nizam of Hyderabad, 72, often reputed to be the world's richest man (estimated assets: $1 to $2 billion), and mother of the Nizam's heir, Azam Jah, 48, Prince of Berar; in Hyderabad, India. In addition to his surviving wives, the Nizam has 42 women in his harem, 33 living children, 46 grandchildren...
...Counter Blow. When news of the Lahore uprising reached Prime Minister Nazimuddin in Karachi, he ordered 44-year-old Major General Mohammed Azam Khan, commander of the military cantonment outside Lahore, to move into the city and regain control. Ten thousand Pakistani troops put the city under martial law. Within six hours the revolution was over. The Red Cross counted 330 dead at first aid stations. Other dead, picked up and buried by relatives, probably raised the death toll to 1,000 or more...
Lonely Splendor. A high Indian official, one of the few visitors who saw Jinnah during his Lahore illness, said: "When I started talking, I noticed that the Qaid-e-Azam looked distracted. He was constantly touching his right finger tips with his thumb as if he were silently counting something. Suddenly, without any reference to what I was saying, the Qaid-e-Azam said: 'It's a fraud...
...considerably surprised. But realizing that he was not referring to me, I continued with my business,, After a good deal more of counting the Qaid-e-Azam said: 'Swindle.' Then again, 'Swindle -regular swindle.' 'Fraud . .. swindle . . . cheat,' came in quick succession. Then other words of a less statesmanly nature followed...