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...influenced by reactionaries or by anyone else." Mrs. Gandhi's "exposure" of the Communists evoked a chorus of support from other Congress members, who accused the Communists of "betrayal of the people." In Patna, the capital of Bihar, Youth Congress members paraded the streets carrying placards: COMMUNIST PARTY MURDABAD, SANJAY GANDHI ZINDABAD (Death to the Communist Party, long live Sanjay Gandhi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: A Falling Out From Hares to Hounds | 1/17/1977 | See Source »

Drawn Swords. Meanwhile, thousands of other Hindus carried their protests to the streets. Chanting "Punjabi Suba Murdabad!" (Death to the [Sikh] state of Punjab!) and "Indira Gandhi Murdabad!" (Death to Indira Gandhi!), the mobs attacked government property and set fire to Sikh shops, causing uncounted damage. In the town of Panipat, 55 miles north of Delhi, a local Congress Party worker and two other men were burned alive when Hindu rioters set fire to the cycle shop in which they were trapped. In the old city of Delhi, turbaned guards at the main Sikh temple impassively shrugged off insults...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India: Flames in Punjab | 3/25/1966 | See Source »

...Pakistanis until the Indian army flew in to the rescue. It was a desperate defense, and the Lion of Kashmir inspired it. Once, the Pakistani tribesmen lashed a young merchant to the porch of an apple shop and told him to shout, "Pakistan zindabad, Sher-i-Kashmir' murdabad!" (Long live Pakistan! Death to the Lion of Kashmir!). But the young man refused. So the tribesmen crowned him with a jagged piece of tin, and put 14 shots through his body. He died crying Abdullah's slogan: "Victory to Hindu-Moslem unity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KASHMIR: Trouble in the Vale | 8/17/1953 | See Source »

...been smashed or burned. The riots came in a moment of governmental vacuum, after the resignation of Malik Khizar Hayat Khan Tiwana's coalition government. The issue was purely and simply Pakistan. The Moslems shouted "Pakistan Zindabad!" (Up with Pakistan!). The Hindus and Sikhs answered back: "Pakistan Murdabad!" (Death to Pakistan!). Then the knives began to flash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Zindabad & Murdabad | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

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