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Word: salaams (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1924-1924
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...even went so far as to state that Indians were flogged for failure to salaam British officers. But he endeavored to explain this away by asserting: "At that time there were rumors circulating about that the British raj in India was going and there was rebellion about. This order [requiring the salaam] was one of the means by which it was sought to bring home to the Indian people that this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Salaams | 5/19/1924 | See Source »

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