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Word: dastagir (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Married. Sabu Dastagir, 24, chesty, India-born cinemactor (Elephant Boy, Black Narcissus), wartime 6-24 tailgunner (he won the D.F.C. in 1945); and Marilyn Cooper, 20, blonde cinema bit player; in Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 1, 1948 | 11/1/1948 | See Source »

Sergeant Sabu ("Elephant Boy") Dastagir, 22-year-old Indian who gained fame & fortune in peacetime films riding on the back of an elephant, was awarded the D.F.C. for riding a U.S. bomber as a tail gunner in an attack on a Japanese convoy off Borneo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Reservations | 3/19/1945 | See Source »

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