Word: singh
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...essentially religious grounds, something that India's constitution prohibits. Not so, argued the Sikhs, who claimed it was a matter of language. They are the only one of India's 14 major linguistic groups that has not been granted a separate state. Sikh Leader Sant Fateh Singh, 54, threatened to go on a 15-day fast climaxed by self-immolation unless the demand was met. Anxious to avoid violence, the Working Committee, of which Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is a mem ber, at last committed the federal government to formation of a Punjabispeaking state...
...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...
There were some faint signs of hope. Singh did permit Kashmir to be listed as an area of "dispute" in the conference's official communiqué-which was considered progress by the Pakistanis because until now India has called Kashmir an internal problem. When Prime Minister Indira Gandhi visits the U.S. on March 27, Lyndon Johnson will undoubtedly want to hear about plans for further action. As inspiration, the U.S. last week announced the resumption of "nonlethal" military shipments to both India and Pakistan (cars, trucks, transport planes). The hint was clear: when India and Pakistan become still closer...
...charged India with conducting a reign of terror in Kashmir, quoting a Kashmiri as having told the press: "Indian troops have cut off the breasts of our girls and held them up saying, 'Here is your Pakistan!'" With that, India's white-turbaned Foreign Minister Swaran Singh led his delegation out of the Security Council.* Hooted Pakistan's Bhutto: "The Indian dogs have gone home, not from Kashmir, but from the Security Council." From India, Prime Minister Lai Bahadur Shastri shot back that Bhutto's blunt remarks were "vulgar, dirty and uncivilized...
...country. If Kashmir could secede by holding a plebiscite, the argument runs, there would be nothing to prevent Madras or Kerala or any other state from doing the same thing. The warrior Sikhs of Punjab have long dreamed of an independent nation. In fact, a Sikh leader, Sant Fateh Singh, was scheduled last week to begin a fast that would be followed by self-immolation, to force Indian acceptance of Sikh autonomy. In deference to the war emergency, Singh has postponed both his fast and his suicide. Indians compare their situation to that of the U.S., which fought a four...