Word: sapru
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, 73, Hindu lawyer, Indian Liberal Federation president, who won fame as a mediator between Gandhi and the British, and between the Indian National Congress and the Moslem League; in Allahabad, India...
...question of Pakistan (a separate Moslem state) will be indefinitely postponed. Cabled to London for Wavell's consideration was a broadly similar plan which also ruled out Pakistan. The plan was drafted by elderly, eminent lawyer Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and a group of Indian Liberals. Its main recommendations: 1) release of all political prisoners; 2) a new, Dominion-status constitution for India; 3) coalition governments in all provinces, with an all-Indian national coalition government...
...issued a stiff statement: "Judging by the Government's industrial policy during the war and the failure to provide the people with sufficient food at reasonable prices, it has failed in vital matters affecting the nation in this crisis." Present at the conference was moderate Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru. When a United Nations enthusiast like Sir Tej supports such a statement, things must be worse than usual...
...chief Indian exponent of compromise with Britain, Liberal Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, has recently been gaining ground fast. Speaking for a group of nonparty leaders, he urges that Britain give a definite assurance of Dominion status after the war, make certain immediate changes...
...most that was expected from the British Government last week was a compromise along the lines suggested by Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru. The Labor Party was urging it. Sir Stafford Cripps was probably urging it even more. The still-potent Tory imperialists were working hard against...