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...from the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. How can . . . peace be preserved? Not by surrender to aggression, nor by compromising with evil or injustice, but also not by talking and preparing for war." In spite of this Gandhi-like doctrine, Nehru's government has fought one successful war (against Hyderabad) and maintains a large army, poised for fighting, in Kashmir...
...Martandam news spread, other states wanted advice from Double-Your-Money Hatch. He helped set up reconstruction centers in Baroda and Hyderabad, preached the twin gospel of literacy and progress for hundreds of miles. In 1940, Hatch and his family returned to the U.S. for a vacation. When the war made it doubtful that he could transport the family to India again, he carried on his work in Mexico. Last year he went back to India...
Disturbed by popular demonstrations against him, India's multimillionaire Nizam of Hyderabad voluntarily gave up his royal right to have the public roads cleared during his afternoon drive to his mother's tomb...
...guns, depending on rank and custom), the use of red automobile license plates, and the right to be called Your Highness. Each prince is allowed one palace for everyday living and a second palace at a seashore or hill resort. The fattest purse goes to the Nizam of Hyderabad, fabled richest man in the world, who gets 5,000,000 rupees a year. The leanest, 192 rupees, goes to the Talukdar of Kadodia, lord of a tiny village in the Kathiawar desert...
...India, however, rejoiced on Republic Day. In Calcutta, three people were killed when police fired on a Communist demonstration. In Bombay, scores were injured during a Red-provoked riot. In Hyderabad, the Nizam barely escaped injury when a hand grenade thrown at his car failed to explode. And in Madras, a government spokesman announced that the specter of famine "is already sitting on a million thresholds...