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Word: shiromani (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...Moslems can get Pakistan, and the Hindus India, why not a Sikhs' Sikhistan?" But Nehru's Congress Party won over many of Tara Singh's followers to the idea of peace, and of a multiracial India. In the 1951 general elections, Tara Singh's Shiromani Akali party lost heavily. "Ye unbelievers," cried old Tara Singh from out the depths of a magnificent beard, "there will come a time when you will need me and flock around me-for your very survival...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Shaving the Lions | 7/4/1955 | See Source »

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