Word: rana
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been circulated in the daily press. The Government is in the hands of a military oligarchy, but all political power is in the hands of a Prime Minister and that office appears to be hereditary in the family of His Highness Maharaja Sir Chandra Shumshere Jung, Bahadur Rana, the present Premier. Nepal is famed as the home of the equally famed Gurkha soldiers, said to be the greatest fighters in the world. They helped the British during the Indian mutiny (1857) and again in the World War, when they fought side by side with the Canadian Highlanders and the British...
...modern conveniences" is the way the ignorant are inclined to characterize Siam. Perhaps this accounts for the great increase in the immigration of its natives to the United States. Since 1910, the number of Siamese in this country has increased almost two thousand percent (from eight to 154). King Rana VI is doing his best to stem the exodus by making home more attractive. In this campaign, physical uplift has not been neglected. For example, fifteen thousand converts mark the success of the recently inaugurated Boy Scout movement...