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...Simla, India...
...carriers, leaders, patrollers, defenders against aircraft-and hazards to smaller craft. Turning and twisting at high speed to avoid bombs, their roaring wash flooded or capsized scores of loaded dinghies, launches, yachts. Collision in the dark, too, "was a great worry," reported Mr. Lowe, dour skipper of the tug Simla...
...member's guest, was about to close; the Government had refused to renew its lease. No more would the pink pukka sahibs and their leathery memsahibs stare glassily over the glassy bay. Gone from most of the smart hotels were the signs "Europeans only." In cool Simla, Indians now jostled along the Mall where 20 years ago no person in Indian dress would have been allowed...
...reach this hidden grove, European visitors from Simla, the nearest large town, had to travel two hours along mountain roads in four-man rickshas, then climb 3,000 feet down the mountain. They also had to climb up again...
Explaining the Rana's distraction, his adviser confided that rulers of the 26 Simla hill states are deeply concerned these days over their future in the new India. To forestall any territorial demands by the powerful neighboring state of Patiala, he said, the rulers are considering a plan for federation...