Word: punjabi
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Loyalty to the British Crown is the only thing that forms a bond between Hindu and Moslem, Brahmin and non-Brahmin, Punjabi and Madrassi, British India and Indian States. Destroy that, and you have, by violating the most cherished sentiment of millions, erected an enduring and inseparable barrier to the achievement of a free Indian nationhood! "I can feel no doubt that this demand for independence must do an irreparable injury to India's cause, and sadden the hearts of the wiser of India's sons and friends...
Northern Chinese Army, broke through the barrier in search of loot. Two British armored cars sped to the attack, three Britishers were wounded in the exchange. In another part of the International .Settlement, two British Punjabi soldiers were killed, ten wounded, in a short clash. In Moscow as news came that Shanghai, "stronghold of imperialism" had fallen, thousands of jubilant workers tramped the streets waving red flags and singing the "Internationale...
...battalions of Punjabi troops arrived at Shanghai from Calcutta, bringing the British infantry forces there up to 6,000, with 2,000 U. S. troops, and 21 foreign battleships also concentrated at Shanghai...