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Indian Moslems Ask Boycott of Coronation Fete in Protest on Palestine

November 18, 1936
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India’s Moslem millions were called upon tonight to boycott the colorful Durbar ceremonies to be held at Delhi next year following King Edward VIII’s coronation in London, the Havas News Agency reported.

The resolution was adopted by the Moslem “Congress of Palestine here as a protest against Britain’s policy in the Holy Land. The delegates expressed intense hostility toward any immigration of Jews into Palestine.

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