Word: delhi
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Samuel Hoare, British Air Minister, and Lady Maud returned to London, last week, from a 12,000-mile round trip flight inaugurating the London-Cairo-Delhi air service (TIME, Jan. 10). The King-Emperor was graciously pleased to create Lady Maud a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She is the first woman ever to fly so many miles. There had been snow, rain, fog, sandstorms, but not a spare part was needed for the ship...
...single suitcase proved ample baggage. Indeed, I could have done with less." Thus, jauntily spoke Lady Hoare, wife of Air Minister Sir Samuel Hoare, as she landed at Delhi, the Capital of India, last week, after flying from London in eleven days. There were 63 hours' actual flying time...
Thereby the new London-to-Delhi commercial air route was inaugurated by a plane which flew exactly according to schedule. The only unwonted incident was a sandstorm which forced the machine to turn back and wait a few hours at Jask, Persia, last week. There the local Kahn of Kelat made the waiting time pass swiftly by commanding his minions to roll up a priceless rug from the floor and take down a jeweled swordl from the wall. The rug to Lady Maud. The sword to Sir Samuel. Then they flew...
Thus, with true British matter-of-fact farewells, Sir Samuel and his Air Lady entered the Hercules which vanished into the zenith five minutes later. Courageous, nonchalant, they had set out to inaugurate the 6,000-mile commercial airway from the Empire Capital via Cairo to Delhi, the Indian Capital...
Hindus are idolaters, and would die rather than eat the sacred flesh of cow or bull. Moslems are beef-eaters,* and abhor idolatry. Last week Swami Shradanand, noted Hindu Brahman, sat down to discuss religious matters with one Abdul Rashid, a Mohammedan, at Delhi, capital of British India. Soon they disagreed. The courtly Swami ("Lord") Shradanand sought to avoid dispute by requesting the Mohammedan to call again when they might discourse with cooler heads. Abdul Rashid, vitally vexed, drew a revolver and shot the Swami dead, was captured, jailed...