Word: chandralehka
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Dates: during 1943-1943
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...Misses Chandralehka & Nayantara Pandit, raven-eyed nieces, 19 and 16, of imprisoned India Congress Leader Jawaharlal Nehru, arrived in Manhattan to enter Wellesley College. Chandralehka had been jailed by the British for seven months. She said she left jail with her political convictions stronger than when she entered. The sisters traveled on a troopship whose passengers included some wounded Marines from Guadalcanal. "We had a grand time with them," said Chandralehka. "We discussed Indian affairs all the time...
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