SELF-IMMOLATION.
A HINDU CUSTOM. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 24, 6.20 p.m. Calcutta- April 23.
The wife of Leminder, aged 26, drenched her clothes Trith kerosene two minutes after her husband's death, and, setting fire to them, was burned to deat'i. The double fujeral was attended by a huge crowd, the ■self-immolation of th" wife being generally considered a highly meritorious act.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 278, 25 April 1914, Page 5
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63SELF-IMMOLATION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 278, 25 April 1914, Page 5
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