Word: viceroy
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...Hindus, and sentenced 20 to be hanged, 26 to life imprisonment. Later the British modified their punishment (14 to die; 27 to receive life sentences), but ruled out Indian protests that the soldiers had looted homes and raped 13 women. Bhansali traveled to Delhi and asked the Viceroy's Council to investigate but was refused. Then his strike began...
Last week, lifting its censorship, the Raj said the Professor would be allowed to visit Chimur with an Indian member of the Viceroy's Council. The provincial government stressed the importance of "the maintenance of discipline among the military and police" and its concern for "the respect and honor of women...
Jinnah, whom the Congress calls a British tool, last week stepped up his pip-squeaking with a self-contradicting attack on a speech by the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow. The tired Viceroy had again claimed that "agreement cannot be reached between the conflicting interests of this country as fro who is to take over responsibilities which we are only too ready to transfer to Indian hands." First Jinnah called Linlithgow's speech "most inopportune and likely to shatter what little hope of settlement had been created," then he gave substance to Linlithgow's claim by ranting...
...fabulous palace to live in rent-free, and virtually unlimited power over 400,000,000 subjects. But today the viceroyalty is Empire's hottest seat. So, with time growing embarrassingly short, Winston Churchill last week had to announce that Lord Linlithgow would continue as India's Viceroy until October...
From India came this comment on the Indian problem by Chakravarti Rajagopalachariar ("C. R."), stanchest United Nations friend at liberty to speak his mind: "Whoever is to blame, they have succeeded in creating a great mess. The extension of the Viceroy's term symbolizes the situation most completely. Every party is sitting tight. . . . Now the situation is more difficult than before...