Word: bhopal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...politics to fight the Congress Party, which brought them low. Some have even joined the Congress Party; a few have become scholars and farmers. Many more are turning their estates and their palaces over to the tourist trade. As the tiger-hunting season approached last week, the Maharajas of Bhopal and Cooch Behar were both busily booking American guests for two-week tiger hunts on their demesnes. The fee of $1,500 single or $2,500 a couple includes martinis every night, a portable flush toilet in every tent, and a 25% refund guaranteed "if a tiger is not brought...
...challenge. Thousands who had not read the book trotted through the streets carrying signs that demanded: "Ban the Religious Leaders Book" and "Down with Governor Munshi." In Aligarh students of the Moslem University snaked through the college grounds with a chant: "Long live Pakistan! Death to India!" In neighboring Bhopal rioters burned Munshi in effigy...