Word: extremist
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Extremist Views...
...Gethsemane, Arabs and Jews bombarded each other with mortar and grenades. In an orange grove near Rehovoth, Jews blew up a British train bringing soldiers back from leave in Cairo. In the twisted steel and splintered wood, 28 were found dead, 47 wounded. The terrorist Stern Gang of extremist Zionists boasted that it had blown up the train...
...hopes were now pinned-the gentle, philosophical Nehru, who agreed with Gandhi's policy of conciliation toward Moslems, and the hard man of action Patel, no conciliator-seemed united in grief and respect for Gandhi's wishes. Their first step had been to strike at the extremist communal organizations, Hindu and Moslem, which had been fomenting religious hatred...
...government also banned two extremist Moslem groups. The politically powerful Mahasabha (Great Society), which has worked for all-Hindu rule in India, escaped official outlawing by resolving to shun political activity. But so far it had not dared to strike at the fiercely anti-Moslem Sikh groups. As the 13-day official period of mourning for the Mahatma ended, Hindus and Moslems waited to see what would come next...
...which served as his prayer-meeting place. Slowly he climbed the three steps leading to the pavilion. A stocky young man in grey slacks, a blue pullover and khaki bush jacket stepped forward and knelt at Gandhi's feet. He was Nathu Ram Vinayak Godse, editor of the extremist newspaper Hindu Rashtra, which had denounced Gandhi as an appeaser of Moslems. "You are late today for the prayer," said the murderer. "Yes, I am," said Gandhi...