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The cyclone disaster in Orissa on the east coast of India prompted a breast-beating editorial in the Times of India . "Just what is it about us that we feel so helpless before a natural disaster?"
The Sikhs reacted violently to persecution, and the Marathas spread to Orissa, after which, in the year 1739, Nadir Shah of Persia invaded and carried off the Peacock Throne (broken up after his assassination).
A few brilliant victories gained control of Orissa and other territories for Britain, but London decided all that energy would be best directed at Napoleon, and called Wellesley home.
The Pioneer of India described the Indian election as "comparatively peaceful," because there were only 11 dead in Bihar, six in Andhra Pradesh, three in West Bengal, and one in Orissa.
The paper said the India lobby complained that American aid to Orissa was "but a drop in the ocean" compared to the "astronomical" amounts it sent to Turkey following the earthquake there.