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He pulled out a book on the Indian Railways. "It

                                                                                           says here," he pointed, "that India's first electric
                                                                                           train came to Bombay in 1925!"


                                                                                           "And Muttajji says she was about 9 then," said

                                                                                           Putta. "If she is right, then Muttajji was born in

                                                                                           1916*. "



                                                                                           "But she could be wrong, you know," frowned Putti.



                                                                                           "Only one way to make sure," said Putta. "We have

                                                                                           to find out if that big party for kings and queens in
                                                                                           Delhi, which Muttajji said happened five years

                                                                                           before she was born, happened in 1911**."



                                                                                           They ran back to Ajja.











                                                                                           *(1925-9 = 1916); **(1916 -5 = 1911)














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