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Word: poona (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hear bad rumors about Director Shantaram. Every man from Poona and Bombay says that Shantaram has done such & such a thing. I am sure that he is not a person to do such a thing. I think that Mr. Shantaram is aware of his fame and would not have done that thing. So you must tell the public that Shantaram is innocent by publishing his innocence in the next issue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Such A Thing | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

...other hand, responsible Indian leaders do not wish to hamper the British war effort because the collapse of Britain would make India-like French Indo-China-the prey of the land-grabbing dictators. Meeting last week at Poona, the Indian National Congress Committee took cognizance of a tight situation when it adopted an anti-war but pro-British policy, elected as its leader by 192 to 7 votes the only man in India sufficiently astute to reconcile these two conflicting views-Mahatma Gandhi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Tightrope Diplomacy | 9/30/1940 | See Source »

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