LAST TRIBUTES
THE PASSING OF MRS BESANT Tress Association—By Telegraph—Copyright CALCUTTA, September 21. (Received September 22, at 10.20 a.m.) .The flags of fifty-four nations, as a symbol of her world leadership, encircled the bier at the cremation with Hindu rites of the remains of Mrs Annie Besant. Over 20,000 people walked in the procession, chanting a funeral dirge. All religions were represented.
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Evening Star, Issue 21523, 22 September 1933, Page 9
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62LAST TRIBUTES Evening Star, Issue 21523, 22 September 1933, Page 9
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