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Word: gangotri (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...into Assam, pillaging isolated villages, raping women and seizing livestock. On at least two occasions, the Chinese invaders fought pitched battles against Indian border guards before withdrawing. ¶Red Chinese thugs are waylaying and robbing Hindu pilgrims on the way to the headwaters of the sacred river Ganges, at Gangotri, on India's northern border. ¶ Mao Tse-tung's warlords are grabbing the bulk of India's trade with Tibet, beating, murdering and exacting protection money from Indian merchants who try to compete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Battle for the Himalayas | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

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