Word: mogul
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...Mogul emperors had their pleasure gardens by the lakes of Kashmir, but on the whole the hill station habit is something new for the Indians. Only the wealthiest among them can enjoy it, and the place they like best is Mussoorie, the epitome of all that is fast, flashy and fashionable. The hills are for maharajas, their courts and courtesans, for members of the Viceroy's council, and for kings in cotton and jute...
With pathetic hopefulness some Hollywood mogul threw a consistent hit team together with some weak music and a farcical plot, cooked it for 90 minutes and called it a musical. "You Were Never Lovelier" just never made the grade. The title tune has had some success as a hit, but other-wise there is only the flashing agility of Fred Astaire's feet, and all of Rita Hayworth in some-thing filmy under a full moon. Even the dance sequences are mediocre except for the torrid "Shorty George." A musical without the music is just another miscarriage...
Besides Kane, there is Bob Odell, brother of the Eli mogul, another man who can carry the mail...
...Chandni Chauk troops were drawn up under the old Mogul Fort built by Shah Jahan, who also built the Taj Mahal. (Inside the Fort, where the Shah kept his harem, the walls are inscribed: "If there is a heaven, this is it, this is it!") At the other end of the area, mounted police faced Congress adherents packed in the Clock Tower Square...
Akbar, a contemporary of Shakespeare, ruled as a Moslem-invader emperor, was India's first Great Mogul. "He was very autocratic, and had uncontrolled power," which he used to consolidate the nation. "In a sense he might be considered to be the father of Indian nationalism." In addition, he had other remarkable traits -among them "his boundless curiosity and his search for truth. He seems to have been convinced that truth was no monopoly of any religion or sect, and he proclaimed that his avowed principle was one of universal toleration in religion...