Word: rashtra
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...accounting for 83% of India's 833 million people, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi permitted the militants to lay the foundation stone for the new temple last week. The Hindu extremists are the vanguard of a growing movement led by the Bharatiya Janata Party. Its aim: to establish a Hindu Rashtra -- Hindu Nation...
...stocky young man in grey slacks, a blue pullover and khaki bush jacket stepped forward and knelt at Gandhi's feet. He was Nathu Ram Vinayak Godse, editor of the extremist newspaper Hindu Rashtra, which had denounced Gandhi as an appeaser of Moslems. "You are late today for the prayer," said the murderer...
Although the Maha rashtra government dis tributed a photograph showing Gandhi inaugurating the talent fund, the Prime Minister had not approved the use of her name. Two months ago, she wrote Antulay ordering him to remove her name from the trust. In an impassioned 50-min. speech to the state legislative assembly, Antulay admitted using her name without authorization. His excuse: "I thought I would be able to persuade Mrs. Gandhi to give her permission." But that, he insisted, was his only mistake. He declared that all the money had been used for the public good...