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Word: gujerati (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1946-1946
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...Moslem dress only because his enemies sneer that Jinnah, head of India's Moslem League, is lax in his religious observances. ("Jinnah does not have a beard; Jinnah does not go to the Mosque; Jinnah drinks whiskey!") With his perfect English, which he speaks better than his native Gujerati, his slick grey hair and graceful, precise gestures, he might be a European diplomat of the old school. How such a man at a fateful moment in history came to be the spokesman for millions of Moslem peasants, small shopkeepers and soldiers, is a story of love of country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Long Shadow | 4/22/1946 | See Source »

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