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Word: murdabad (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...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 »

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