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Word: comilla (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

...Golden Bengal. They brought the green, red and gold banner of Bengal out of secret hiding places to flutter freely from buildings, while huge pictures of their imprisoned leader, Sheik Mujibur Rahman, sprang up overnight on trucks, houses and signposts. As Indian troops advanced first to Jessore, then to Comilla, then to the outskirts of the capital of Dacca, small children clambered over their trucks and Bengalis everywhere cheered and greeted the soldiers as liberators...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Bangladesh: Out of War, a Nation Is Born | 12/20/1971 | See Source »

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