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Died. Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva, 51, King of the Himalayan state of Nepal and the world's only Hindu monarch; of a heart attack; in Bharatpur, Nepal. Though he was a member of Nepal's royal dynasty, Mahendra was kept a palace prisoner for the first 30 years of his life because real power in his country had long since fallen to the aristocratic Rana family. In 1951, Mahendra and his father King Tribhuvan led a popular revolution that ousted the Ranas, and four years later Mahendra succeeded to both the throne and control of the government...
Circulation now over 3,000,000 UNLESS you were a guest of India's Maharajah of Bharatpur during the 1930s, your chances of seeing a current issue of TIME anywhere outside North America were slim. The maharajah was then paying $585.60 a year to have his copy air-expressed to him each week; 20,000 other overseas subscribers waited for their copies to reach them by ship...
Died. Kamilla Koffler, 44, Austrian-born wildlife photographer, known professionally as "Ylla"; of injuries received in a jeep accident while photographing a bullock-cart race; in Bharatpur, India...
Probing deeper for the roots of violence, the government reached into two Hindu princely states, Alwar and Bharatpur. The two Maharajas, suspected of encouraging extremists, were deposed. During communal riots last year, every Moslem in Alwar was either killed or driven out of the state. When Gandhi's death was announced, saffron-robed holy men had distributed sweets, shouting "Gandhi mar; bhagwa jhenda zindabad!" ("Gandhi is dead; long live the Hindu flag...
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