Crossword-Solution: TAMASHA 7 letters, 3 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 12

The ceremony of the solemn recognition of the Shah, held close to the scene of his defeat in 1834, Havelock describes as an imposing pageant, with homagings and royal salutes, parade of troops and presentation of _nuzzurs_; but the arena set apart for the inhabitants was empty, spite of Eastern love for a _tamasha_, and the display of enthusiasm was confined to the immediate retainers of His Majesty.

Then I understand that the _tamasha_ is the reason for the encampment beyond the walls?" "Yes; they've been coming in for a week.

Could it be possible that the proposed abdication of Salig Singh in favour of his son were merely a cloak to a conspiracy to restore to power the house of Rutton? Or had the _tamasha_ been arranged in order to gather together all the rulers in Rajputana without exciting suspicion, that they might agree upon a concerted plan of mutiny against the Sirkar? This state affair of surpassing importance had been arranged for the last day of grace allotted the Prince of the house of Rutton.

When the two Bengalis had eaten their evening rice, Hossain told them that they might, if they pleased, take the dinghy and attend a tamasha {entertainment} that was being held in Chinsura that night in honor of the wedding of one of the Dutch Company's principal gumashtas.

Wondering whether the tamasha had ended in a tumult, Desmond was about to seek his couch, when, just beneath him, as it seemed, he heard a voice--a feeble cry for help.