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Word: churidar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1946-1946
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...presiding officer was neither shocked nor carried away by the incendiary speeches. Mohamed Ali Jinnah, clad in black angora cap, a long black sherwani (tunic), and tight-fitting black churidar on his wire-thin legs, smiled his ice-cold smile. He was at the peak of his power. He was the man who might say whether one-fifth of the world's people would be free. His 5 ft. 11 in. and 119 Ibs. stood between India and independence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Long Shadow | 4/22/1946 | See Source »

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