Word: sardar
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...near, chains were made ready to hold the martyrs in the flames, and many of the 2,000 Sikhs in the temple compound began to weep. Then, with only 30 minutes left, the speaker of the lower house of Parliament strode dramatically into the compound. Himself a Sikh, Speaker Sardar Hukam Singh announced that he brought new proposals from Indira Gandhi for a settlement...
Firm Stand. The assembled Sikhs gave an audible sigh of relief, and the immolations were postponed while Speaker Hukam huddled with Sant Fateh. After 2½ hours of talks, the Sant signaled his acceptance by taking a glass of orange juice from Sardar Hukam, thus breaking his fast. Under the deal, Mrs. Gandhi will arbitrate the Sikh demands after next February's national elections. As an added fillip, she promised to set up separate judicial and executive systems for the Sikh and Hindu states...
...talking together again-to the vast relief of both Washington and Moscow. Besides the troop pullback and civilian exchange, commercial flights between India and Pakistan have been resumed, diplomatic relations fully reestablished, some mail and telegraph services put back in operation. Last week India's turbaned Foreign Minister Sardar Swaran Singh flew into Rawalpindi at the head of a 23-man delegation to discuss further "normalization...
...Kashmir by tribesmen from Pakistan's northwest frontier was the initial provocation, but you correctly state that a revolt was already in progress in the disputed state Filming for the MARCH OF TIME in India then, I was told of this by the man who led the revolt, Sardar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Free Kashmir...
...third round of the Kashmir talks began in Karachi last week, a cactus plant was prominently placed on the negotiating table in front of India's Chief Negotiator Sardar Swaran Singh-an apt symbol of just how prickly the dispute between India and Pakistan still remains. Yet by the end of the day, the first faint glimmer of compromise was visible. In a sharp departure from its previous inflexible stand, India indicated that it would be willing to partition Kashmir along a boundary other than the current U.N. cease-fire line, which now gives India two-thirds...