Word: khans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Quite accurately the latest Encyclopedia Britannica observes in discussing current Indian politics: ''The moderate or liberal element of earlier years has virtually disappeared." Thus British India is represented at the Conference by a group of have-been statesmen chairmanned by the frankly British-subsidized Aga Khan...
...Like the Maharaja of Mysore, the Nizam of Hyderabad was prevented from attending the Conference by a tradition that he must never leave India. Ruler of a land larger than New England and almost twice as populous, His Exalted Highness Asaf Jah Sir Usman Ali Khan is thrice a Nizam, a Nawab and a British Hon. Lieut.General...
From British India will come 22 Hindus, 15 Moslems, two Sikhs, a Parsee, a Buddhist, a Christian. Socially the delegates range from the pale and paunchy Aga Khan, smart racehorse breeder and spiritual head of Ismaili Moslems (so holy that priests peddle his used bath water), to lowly Rio Bahadur-Rettamalle Sprinivasan Avargal, representative of Indian "untouchables." Sure defenders of the most conservative British position at the conference will be ten ruling princes of Indian native states. Well do they know that the existence of their realms, possibly their own existence, is dependent on Britain's maintaining a strong...
...flees for his life. In the mountains he encounters kinsmen embattled against the White army and joins them. He is captured, shot, left to die, then nursed back to life when an amulet which accident brought him convinces the White general that he is progeny of great Genghis Khan. The wily White general sets him up as a puppet ruler to insure peace amongst the surly Mongols, but the hunter, confused and bewildered at first, suddenly discerns his enemies' intentions, goes Mongol. The picture closes with the "storm" (1918 Red revolt against Tsarism) gathering fury over the wild plains...
...Grand Master S. Tartakower of Poland: an international Chess Masters Tournament at Liege, Belgium, defeating Mir Sultan Khan of India in 37 moves by a Bishop & Knight ending in the eleventh round...