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  1. An Indian division of the British army in
  2. World War II that carried out guerrilla
  3. operations against the Japanese in Burma (now
  4. Myanmar) under the command of Brigadier
  5. General Orde Wingate (1903-44). The name
  6. derived from the mythical Chinthay - half
  7. lion, half eagle - placed at the entrance of
  8. Burmese pagodas to scare awayevil spirits.
  9.