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Swords and arrows are the weapons of the Santals, simple hill folk in upper Bengal. Last week one of their chiefs suddenly decided that he was St. Gandhi. Shouting, "I am the Mahatma! I am Gandhi himself!" he led his tribe to Malda where they seized a local mosque...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Violent Gandhi | 12/26/1932 | See Source »

Mymensing (Bengal) India...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 12, 1932 | 12/12/1932 | See Source »

...Greenland Wai encountered no serious trouble until crossing the Bay of Bengal. About 150 mi. off Rangoon a water pump broke. Down came the plane upon a tossing sea. An S O S brought a British steamer which towed her into Rangoon. As casually as before, the plane flew on to Colombo, Bombay, Bagdad. Athens, Rome, across the Alps in a storm to Friedrichshafen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Cord v. Cohu | 11/21/1932 | See Source »

...circus played our town one day; Three bengal tigers got away. The manager looked straight at me; Said he: "Your opportunity! "Somebody's got to get them cats, "Somebody's got to go. . . ." - Bert Williams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Scooped Lions | 10/31/1932 | See Source »

...Despite the presence of extra police and two regiments which have been guarding Chittagong in Bengal since the attacks on Britons there last year, a white sahib's dance at Chittagong was broken up last week by Bengali who threw bombs, killed a white woman and two policemen, wounded six whites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Soul Force Wins | 10/3/1932 | See Source »

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