Word: bairam
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that last day of the fast (Thanksgiving Eve in the U. S.) most of the soldiers were licking their chops in anticipation of the gorging they would do for the feast of Bairam during the next three days. Among their number, however, was one young sepoy who, half-crazed through abstention, ran amuck during the night. He forced his way into the tent of the battalion's major, with his rifle shot the major dead in his sleep. Aroused, five other officers-three British and two Indian-rushed to the scene. Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang,-the sepoy killed...