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Word: khurshaid (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lahore, India, the Widow Khurshaid fell in love with a Moslem boy who quarreled with her, cut off her nose. In court Widow Khurshaid said she had cut off her own nose. Afterward she gave the boy about 4,000 rupees, offered to marry him. When he refused her, she got him drunk, tied him to his cot, cut off his nose. In court, she pleaded guilty, was sentenced to four years' hard labor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 10, 1932 | 10/10/1932 | See Source »

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