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Hindoos of every class, one subject of diversion is to send people on errands and expeditions that are to end in disappointment, and raise a laugh at the expense of the person sent.

A Classical Dictionary of India: Illustrative of the Mythology, Philosophy ... - Page 53
by John Garrett - 1871 - 793 pages
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 9

Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland - Asia - 1848 - 768 pages

...The identity of this practice with making April Fools as noticed by Colonel Pearce, is concurred in by Maurice, who remarks, "that the boundless hilarity and jocund sports, prevalent on the 1st day of April in England, and during the Holi Festival in India, have their origin in the ancient...

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