Word: patna
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...mighty mixtures go okra and sweet pimentoes from the South; peas, corn, lima beans from New Jersey and Delaware; red-hearted Chatanay carrots, in summer from the Finger Lakes (N. Y.), in winter from Brownsville (Tex.); yellow turnips from Nova Scotia; head rice (hard enough to stand cooking) from Patna on the Ganges River; wild Irish thyme, sweet marjoram; seasonings from Amberna and the Isles of Spice; carloads of ox-tails from the stockyards of Chicago...
Professor Horne left last fall from Patna, India, where he was Professor of Economics and Government in Patna University, to become a professor in the University. He is giving History 50, a half-course, on the History and Government of India...
...people accept their new system of government. A boycott of the representative councils was the first of their attempts to create trouble. The Extremists tried to prevent the formation of the councils by deceiving or terrorizing both the voters and the nominees. "In my own province of Patna," said Professor Horne, "it was extremely hard to get the men to register because they feared they were subjecting themselves to a greater taxation." Nevertheless, the elections took place and the councils were formed...