Word: mahendra
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Fecund Frenchwomen. The boat ride tired De Gaulle, and when he returned to Paris, a scheduled Cabinet meeting was put off 24 hours. But after a day's rest, he not only presided over the meeting but played host to King Mahendra of Nepal. Later in the week, De Gaulle received a delegation of 14 mothers who have given his "100 Million Frenchmen" campaign a boost by bearing big families, also welcomed a papal legate on hand to help celebrate the 800th anniversary of the Cathedral of Notre Dame...
...Mahendra and his officials hope that when the road is completed at year's end it will open a new market to the north for Nepal's surplus food, thus ending the country's dependence on In dia for virtually all its industrial imports. When it was pointed out that the road will also enable the Red Chinese to penetrate the heart of Nepal, Mahendra airily replied: "Communism does not travel by taxi." In fact, as Nepalese officials readily admit, China can simply walk into their country any time it chooses...
Invented Word. Back in his capital, Mahendra heard reports on negotiations with the Soviet Union for a sugar mill, cigarette factory and hydroelectric plant. At week's end, he flew to Bhaisalotan in India's Bihar state for the dedication of the Indian-financed, $109 million Gandak hydroelectric project, which will provide his kingdom with power and irrigation and will eventually be handed over to Nepal...
...first time since he suffered a stroke last January, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru left New Delhi and flew to Gandak to meet Mahendra, who is still more fearful of the Indian giant than the Chinese. As late as 1962, Nehru looked the other way while Indian-based Nepalese exiles staged guerrilla raids against Mahendra's kingdom. It took the Himalayan war with Red China to awaken Nehru to the danger in the north. Since then, India has not only restrained Nepalese guerrillas but has also pledged $18.4 million-far more than Peking has given-for Mahendra's current...
...Gandak, Mahendra made it clear that he intends to be treated as an equal and not a dependent. He told Nehru and a crowd of 100,000 Indians that friendship "on the basis of parity" can only be "mutually beneficial." Next week King Mahendra plans to make a state visit to West Germany, which is discussing several possible aid projects for Nepal; on his way home, he will stop off in Pakistan for talks with President Ayub Khan. Mahendra, who calls his policy one of strict nonalignment, claims that his Foreign Minister Tulsi Giri actually invented the word. Be that...