Word: jamalpur
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...bloodiest was at Jamalpur north of Dacca, where the Pakistani battalion commander was sent a surrender offer by one of the three Indian battalions surrounding him. The Pakistani colonel replied with a note ("I suggest you come with a Sten gun instead of a pen over which you have such mastery") and enclosed a 7.62-mm. bullet. Apparently thinking the Indians were bluffing and that he was confronted by only a company or so, the Pakistani colonel attacked that night, with five waves of about 100 men each charging head-on at a dug-in Indian battalion. The Indians claimed...
...first association for railway men in the Orient was opened a year ago this month at Jamalpur, a city of 75,000 on the East Indian railway: and during the last year work has been started also in behalf of the army, at Madras, for example, cheap suppers being served to an average of about 140 soldiers every night. Many of the associations provide facilities for tennis, etc., and some of the Association cricket and football teams are among the best in India...
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