Word: bharatism
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Against the walls, Lancers in scarlet coats and blue-and-gold turbans stood like statues' through the blaze of trumpets and the solemn, brief ceremony that followed. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari proclaimed "India, that is Bharat"* a republic, and swore in Prasad. Next, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was sworn in as Prime Minister...
...Gandhi and Nehru cannot be brushed off the face of Bharat Mata (Mother India). Until Gandhi dies, Nehru is bound to him by ties of love and political necessity, even though their political thinking is poles apart...
Died. His Highness Raj Rishi Shri Sewai Sir Jey Singhji Veerendra Shiromani Dev, Bharat Dharam Prabhakar, 55, Maharaja of Alwar, exiled in 1933 by the British after an agrarian uprising for which he was held responsible; of apoplexy, possibly resulting from hip and shoulder fractures received when he fell down a stairway upon leaving a squash court; in Paris. He traveled with 400 trunks and a retinue of 25, including an orchestra...