Word: patil
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Dates: during 1953-1953
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Faced with repeated near-riots, Major General Shankar Pandurang Patil Thorat, commander of the 5,000-man Indian guard force, hastily cabled New Delhi for reinforcements. He ordered the Communists to stay at least 100 yards away from the barbed wire. "Just a little more than a stone's throw," smiled an officer...