Word: bahadur
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hari Singh Bahadur, Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, held on with both hands last week as his throne shook. Rich Kashmir, sometimes called "a paradise on earth," has a population of 3,300,000, of whom 80% are Moslems. But Sir Hari is a Hindu who holds his job through the good offices of Great Britain. Last week, while Britain was busy in the south, 12,000 Moslems streamed out of the Punjab, started north toward Srinagar with the object of dethroning Sir Hari and completing a solid block of Moslem states from Egypt to Central Asia. Near Rajaori, just...
...years no Maharaja of Jaipur had begotten a male heir. Yet lo and behold! last week a squawling man child was born, the prayerfully begotten son of His Highness the Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Bahadur, age 20, salute 17 guns...
Ever sensitive to British opinion when something vital is involved. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, the great mediator who brought Lord Irwin and St. Gandhi together for their truce (TIME, March 2, et seq.). broached the subject last week as delicately as possible...
...over India saying merely: "Come to me," and they set out. The Executive Committee of the Nationalist Congress unanimously informed St. Gandhi that they would abide absolutely by any decision he might make, thus scotching rumors of a Nationalist split. From St. Gandhi's friend, Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, who attended the Indian Conference in London and arranged the Mutt & Jeff meetings, it was learned that last week the Viceroy: 1) Offered to reverse his previous refusal of St. Gandhi's request that British Indian police "brutality" be investigated, and to lift all restrictions upon the activities...
Results of a survey by the United Press to determine the world's richest man were published. First on the list was this name: His Exalted Highness Asaf Jah Muzaf-far-ul-Mulk-Wal-Mamalik Nizam-ul-Mulk Nizam-ud-Daula, Nawab Mir Sir Usman Ali Khan Bahadur Fateh Jung, 44, the Nizam of Hyderabad in India (TIME, Nov. 24). His wealth in gold bricks and coins is estimated at $1,000,000,000. His wealth in jewels is uncounted. Second on the list comes John Davison Rockefeller Jr. He is followed by Henry and Edsel Bryant Ford; next...