HINDU SUPERSTITION.
A very remarkable incident happened the very last day on which Calcutta could claim to be the Imperial Capital of India. The Legislative Council closed its sittings, and the Viceroy departed for the North. Just before Lord Hardinge lelt, a violent thunderstorm broke over the city, and the British flag flying over Government House was “torn to shreds by lightning." No power on earth will prevent that extraordinary incident from making a far deeper impression upon the people of India than any Imperial announcement. The inherent pessimism of the Hindu race sees omens in everything. When the King landed at Bombay, the Royal Standard stuck in a ball half-way up the flagstaff, and would not break out. The same thing occurred at the great review, and Indians shook their heads. When the s.s. Delhi struck the rocks near Tangier on the morning of fhe Durbar, there was a profound sensation in the bazaars, and wiseacres recalled the old proverb, "No dynasty sits long on the Peacock Throne." But really the flag incident was dramatic enough to interest far less superstitious people.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1087, 24 August 1912, Page 4
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183HINDU SUPERSTITION. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1087, 24 August 1912, Page 4
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