Word: railheads
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...news of Bourguiba's arrest made matters worse. Some 55,000 members of Tunisia's militantly anti-Communist trade union went out on strike, followed by many workers of the Communists' own union. At Mateur, railhead for the French naval base city of Bizerte, a crowd of 2,000 angry demonstrators surged out of the yellow-walled native district to storm police headquarters. For 45 minutes, the French held firm, refusing to fire as the mob swarmed over their tanks, smashing ports and prying open the turrets. "I'm going to fire," a young tank captain...
...Prime Minister Maharaja Mohun Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, 64, a devout feudalist,*was journeying from the little Himalayan kingdom (6,000,000 pop.; 54,000 sq. mi.) to republican India. It took him 15 days by foot, horseback and palanquin over windswept ranges to reach an Indian railhead. A special train bore him on to New Delhi, where Nehru waited. In black cap and brown leather churidar, Rana stepped down onto a red carpet. He put his right foot first, to insure an auspicious beginning and end for his visit. Nehru welcomed him with the traditional Indian gesture of clasped...