_List of Riots or Disturbances since the year 1919._
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Province | Brief description.
Date |
Place of Disturbance. |
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Bombay | A leading wealthy member of the Gandhi
26th May 1919 | community was celebrating the marriages of some
Godhra, Panch Mahals. | of his sons and nephews. It appears that
| feeling was running high between the two
| sections of the community as some of the brides
| had previously been betrothed or promised to
| persons of the other party. The trouble began
| when one of the party let off potash bombs. The
| Gandhis then began to assemble and an
| altercation ensued which ended in a fight in
| which broken bricks and pieces of wood were
| freely used. The police on the spot finding
| that the fracas became serious, had to resort
| to firing. On arrival of more police, the crowd
| dispersed. The District Magistrate succeeded in
| getting both the parties reconciled to each
| other.
|
| Two rioters were injured; six policemen
| received injuries from bricks.
|
Bombay | Some military sepoys on duty purchased liquor,
11th June 1919 | and when the police constable on duty demanded
Deesa Cantonment. | the name of the purchaser in accordance with
| the Cantonment Magistrate's orders, they
| refused to give the name and beat the
| constable. When one sepoy was arrested, the
| others interfered and attacked the constable.
| Three sepoys were then arrested and put in the
| lock up. The Sub-Inspector of Police persuaded
| about 200 of the men to leave the bazaar but
| not before the lock up was broken, the
| prisoners released and several policemen were
| injured.
|
| Six policemen were injured, two of them being
| in a serious condition.
|
Bombay | One Sania Dipsing of Kanoda was terrorizing the
18th June 1919 | neighbourhood, committing robbery, frequently
Kanoda, Panch Mahals. | though mostly of trivial articles. When
| warrants were issued for his and his brothers
| arrest he openly defied the authorities and
| even threatened to kill the police or anyone
| who tried to arrest him with a _dharaia_. As
| he could not be persuaded to surrender the
| District Magistrate ordered the arrest of the
| brothers, by using force if necessary. Sania's
| brothers and parents all armed with
| _dharaia_, clubs and pickaxes, and Sania
| armed with a gun resisted the arrest. The
| police were compelled to fire in self-defence
| with fatal results.
|
| Sania's mother and two brothers were killed.
| Sania himself was wounded.
|
Madras | In an attempt to enforce a decree obtained in
22nd September 1919 | the civil court the Hindus with police
Nellore. | protection took a procession with music through
| the main bazar where there are mosques. They
| and the police were attacked by the Muhammadans
| and the police compelled to fire.
|
| Two Muhammadens killed and two wounded.
|
Bombay | Abnormal conditions in Bombay due to general
20th January 1920 | strike of mill-hands and other industrial
Bombay. | unrest.
|
| One striker killed. One seriously wounded, 8
| policemen, 1 police officer, 1 lorry driver and
| a Magistrate injured. One private individual
| killed and one woman injured by strikers
| stoning trams.
|
Do. | Renewed attack made by strikers, police were
26th January 1920 | compelled to fire.
Do. |
| One striker was wounded.
|
Do. | A police party was engaged in protecting a
30th January 1920 | faction in the village against the attacks of
Nandvaji village Bijapur | the rival faction when it found itself in the
district. | presence of a large body of rioters with
| sticks, axes and stones and fearing attack on
| themselves the police fired two shots in the
| air and one on the men in front.
|
| Three wounded.
|
Do. | During the strike of mill-hands at Sholapur
16th February 1920 | some 8,000 mill-hands who had struck work
Sholapur. | surrounded the District Magistrate and refused
| to disperse when ordered to do so, by the
| District Magistrate. They became violent and
| began to stone officers and troops. The
| District Magistrate was compelled to order
| firing. It was only after the military arrived
| that the disturbance ceased.
|
| Four killed. Huzur Deputy Commissioner was
| injured.
|
Bihar and Orissa | A general strike of the workers at the Tata
15th March 1920 | iron and steel Works, Jamshedpur began on the
Jamshedpur. | 24th February and continued for nearly a month.
| As the strike proceeded, the attitude of the
| strikers grew more hostile, those men who
| wished to work were intimidated, the gates of
| the works were picketed and the guards at the
| gates more than once stoned. The local
| Government despatched a large body of armed and
| military police to the spot for the protection
| of life and property and were compelled also to
| obtain assistance of regular British troops
| from Calcutta. On the 15th March the strikers
| obstructed the railway lines between the works
| and Tatanagar Railway station and made a most
| determined attack on the armed police sent out
| to clear the obstruction. The police were
| compelled to fire in self-defence and to fall
| back towards the works.
|
| Killed 5, wounded 23.
|
Bombay | A fracas took place in the Hur Criminal Tribes
14th April 1920 | settlement of Jalalai Nawabshah, Sind, in the
Jalalani Nawabshah. | course of which one Fatu Mari was attacked by a
| number of Hurs who belaboured him with lathis
| and blows. As his wife was in danger a
| Sub-Inspector ordered the mob to stop. The
| crowd made an attempt to attack the
| Sub-Inspector who finding his own life in
| danger ordered firing in self-defence and also
| with the object of quelling the disturbance.
|
| Six wounded.
|
Madras | The attempt to register the kallars under
April 1920 | Criminal Tribes Act brought about a serious
Perungamanallur, | collision between them and the police. On
Madura distt. | account of their defiant and aggressive
| attitude, the police had to open fire.
|
| Eleven killed.
|
Do. | A Hindu marriage procession passing a mosque
May 1920 | came into conflict with the Muhammadans. A
Muthupet in Tanjore | fight ensued and to clear the street the police
district. | had to open fire.
|
| One man was slightly wounded.
|
Do. | During a strike in the Burma Oil Company some
17th May 1920 | Pathans were brought from Bombay to carry on
Madras. | the work. An altercation between them and the
| local coolies resulted in a riot which required
| the presence of the armed police reserve to
| quell it.
|
| One Pathan was killed; there was also minor
| casualties on both sides.
|
Bombay | On 29th May an affray took place between the
29th May 1920 | police and certain Jagiranis near Durbar in the
Dubar Sukkur District. | Sukkur district, Sind. The police received a
| complaint that two buffaloes had been stolen by
| some Jagiranis. A Police party went in search
| of the criminals and having found them seized
| and arrested the offenders. On their return
| journey they were attacked by about 30
| Jagiranis two of whom were armed with guns.
| Those guns were fired at the police party and
| the Jagiranis closed in with their
| _lathis_. A general free fight ensued and
| the police seeing that they were overwhelmed by
| weight of numbers, fired in self defence. The
| Jagiranis then ran off, leaving their wounded.
|
| One killed, one wounded, also five policemen
| injured.
|
North-West Frontier | At Kachagarhi a collision occurred between
Province | troops and Muhajarins.
8th July 1920 |
Kachagarhi. | Killed one Muhajir.
|
Punjab | The Khilafat party asked a theatrical company
25th August 1920 | to give the proceeds of their last performance
Kasur. | to the Khilafat Fund. The company declined and
| was attacked at night. The police arrived on
| the Scene and used fire-arms.
|
| One killed and two wounded.
|
United Provinces | During the Muharram festival an attack was made
23rd September 1920 | on a Hindu temple at Pilibhit. The police fired
Pilibhit. | a few rounds in the air.
|
| One wounded who subsequently died.
|
Madras | Buckingham Mills. Perambur. The police lorry
9th December 1920 | which was taking the coolies from the mills to
Madras. | the harbour was subjected to persistent and
| violent stoning by strikers. The police opened
| fire.
|
| Sixteen persons were wounded, two of whom died.
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_List of Riots or Disturbances and disturbances since the year 1921_.
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Province | Brief description.
Date |
Place of Disturbance. |
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United Provinces | Agrarian disturbances in Rae Bareilly and
7th January 1921 | Fyzabad Districts accompanied by extensive
Rae Berilli Distt. | looting.
|
United Provinces | District Rae Barielly. Police party besieged in
24th January 1921 | a house after one of their number was killed.
... |
|
Punjab | Serious riot at Tarn Taran.
26th January 1921 |
Tarn. | Killed 3
| Wounded 14
|
Bombay | A riot occurred between two parties of
9th January 1921 | Muhammadans in the Kolaba district during the
Kolaba Distt. | course of a flag procession. The sub-Inspector
| of Police who was in charge lost his head and
| fired in the air.
|
| No casualities.
|
United Provinces | A large crowd held up a train with the object
29th January 1921 | of rescuing a man arrested for his complicity
Goshaingunj Railway | in the agrarian riots. The police who were
Station, Fyzabad Distt. | attacked, fired wounding one man, several
| others were hit with stray pellets.
|
| One rioter wounded.
|
Bengal | An affray took place between a Muhammadan and a
4th-5th February 1921 | Gurkha Durwan of a Jute Mill resulting in a
Naihati. | General fracas between Muhammadan coolies of
| the Mill and Gurkha durwans in which a few
| Gurkhas were killed and other injured. It was
| considered doubtful whether there was any
| political significance.
|
Bihar and Orissa | Strikes at the East India Railway Colliery,
7th February 1921 | Giridih, District Hazaribagh, Bihar and Orissa.
Giridih. |
|
United Provinces | Strike on the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway,
10th February 1921 | Punjab Mail stoned and Magistrate assaulted.
... |
|
Bengal | Riot in Kalighat section of Calcutta Tramway by
18th February 1921 | strikers.
Calcutta. |
|
Bihar and Orissa | District Sarat, Bihar and Orissa. Police while
18th February 1921 | investigating complaint against locally
Saran. | self-constituted panchayet were assaulted.
|
Punjab | Nankana Sahib affair in Punjab.
19th-20th February 1921 |
Nankana. |
|
Central Provinces | Disturbances of Nagpur arising out of
21st-25th February 1921 | temperance campaign of non-co-operators.
Nagpur. |
|
Bengal | Strike accompanied by rioting at Lillooah
March 1921 | workshops.
Lillooah. |
|
Bombay | Hartal at Karachi accompanied by violence of
March 1921 | mob.
Karachi. |
|
Central Province | Rioting during excise sales. Five liquor shops
March 1921 | Cracked. Mob fired on by police, one policeman
Nagpur. | killed and 15 injured, 9 rioters killed and 14
| wounded.
|
United Provinces | In the course of the riots which took place on
20th and 21st March 1921 | the 20th March, the police were compelled to
Karhaiya, Rae Barelli | fire on two occasions. The riot started by the
District. | arrest of two men who had been prohibited from
| speaking and who were haranguing the crowd.
|
| Killed 4
| Wounded 12
|
Assam | Halem Tea Estate, Assam. Strike by tea garden
21st March 1921 | labourers who assaulted officials of tea
... | garden.
|
Bengal | Outbreak in Rajshahi Jail in Bengal.
24th March 1921 |
Rajshahi. |
|
Madras | Riots at Kumbakonam due to labour strikes.
3rd April 1921 |
Kumbakonam. |
|
Punjab | Riot at Kamalia, Montgomery District, Punjab,
6th April 1921 | owing to dispute over Prem Sati Gurdwara.
Kamalia. |
|
Bengal | Ghusuri Jute Mill Bengal. Riot accompanied by
15th April 1921 | violence; manager seriously injured.
Ghusuri. |
|
Bombay | Riot at Shikarpur, Bombay, when
19th April 1921 | non-co-operators interfered with yearly meeting
Shikarpur. | of Pritman Dharma Sabha.
|
Bihar and Orissa | Owing to trial of a non-co-operation
25th April 1921 | volunteer, 10,000 people at Giridih, District
Giridih. | Hazaribagh, endeavoured to storm sub-jail,
| looted police station and burnt records.
|
Bombay | Disturbances at Malegaon, Bombay, arising
25th April 1921 | out of trial of Khilafat Volunteers.
Malegaon. | Sub-Inspector of Police and four constables
| killed.
|
Madras | Disturbance at Ottapalam, Madras; fight between
26th April 1921 | Reserve Police and khilafat volunteers.
Ottapalam. |
|
Bihar and Orissa | S.D.O. Sitamarhi, (District Muzuffarpur, Bihar
May 1921 | and Orissa) compelled to leave Mela; public
Sitamarhi. | intimidated.
|
Bengal | Riot in Kanchrapara workshops, Eastern Bengal
11th May 1921 | State Railway. Several thousands took part in
Kanchrapara. | riot caused by strikers of Eastern Bengal State
| Railway workshops, Kanchrapara.
|
Bengal | Riot accompanied with violence occurred at
16th May 1921 | Kaloj Valley Tea Estate, Darjeeling District.
Kaloj Valley. |
|
Assam | Trouble at Chandpur in connection with tea
19th-20th 1921 | garden labourers leaving Assam.
Chandpur. |
|
United Provinces | Serious affray in Mahagaon, District Allahabad.
22nd May 1921 |
Mahagaon. |
|
Bombay | Disturbances at Tata Mills Limited, Dadar,
26th June 1921 | Bombay.
Bombay. |
|
Bombay | Riots at Dharwar, Bombay, arising from liquor
1st July 1921 | shop picketing.
Dharwar. |
|
Madras | Strikes in Buckingham and Karnatic Mills,
July 1921 | Madras, began accompanied by wide-spread arson.
Madras. |
|
United Provinces | Riot at Aligarh arising out of trial of a
5th July 1921 | non-co-operators.
Aligarh. |
|
United Provinces | Serious riot at Bariha village, District
13th July 1921 | Lucknow.
Bariha. |
|
Bengal | Disturbances and disorders occurred in Bengal,
July 1921 | both in Calcutta and at Chittagong, during
Chittagong. | trial of non-co-operators.
|
Bombay | Disturbances at Matiari arising out of
21st July 1921 | interference by non-co-operators with an Aman
Matiari. | Sabha meeting.
|
Bombay | Picketing of liquor shops at Karachi caused
July 1921 | cases of obstruction and assault; one leading
Karachi. | agitator rescued by crowd from police; when
| convicted mob threw stones at Police and
| passers by; various Europeans and Indians were
| hurt.
|
Bengal | Riot at Jamalpur workshops of the East Indian
1st August 1921 | Railway resulting from _hartal_.
Jamalpur. |
|
Bombay | Two British soldiers had an altercation with a
1st August 1921 | Musalman in a hotel and when they came out were
Karachi. | assaulted by a mob. One soldier was severely
| injured. The affray was not due to political
| feelings.
|
Bombay | Some 7,300 employees of the Great Indian
17th August 1921 | Peninsula Railway Workshops at Parel demanded
Bombay. | increased wages struck work. They stoned the
| time-keeper's office and afterwards set it on
| fire together with the records; the office of
| the workshops' Manager was also wrecked. Some
| members of the Auxiliary Force who were
| employed in the Works succeeded in quelling the
| riot and dispersing the mob.
|
22nd August 1921. | One man was wounded in the thigh with a
| bayonet.
|
Do. | Strikes in the Jacob and E. D. Sassoon Mills.
25th August 1921 | This terminated on 8th and 12th September.
... |
|
United Provinces | There was an affray between police and British
September 1921 | soldiers. A Sub-Inspector and a British officer
Kailana, Chakrata U. P. | were killed. All the British soldiers and
| officers were tried and were acquitted.
|
Madras City | A serious riot occurred between the Hindus and
5th October 1921 | the Anti-Dravidas which necessitated the
... | opening of fire by the police. The
| Anti-Dravidas were responsible for insulting a
| Muhammadan funeral procession, and attacking a
| Hindu procession.
|
Beneres | An attempt made by a sub-inspector to search a
October 1921 | cloth-shop in the village whereupon a
... | disturbance arose and he ordered his escort to
| fire in the air. The Ahirs concerned seized the
| opportunity to attack police whilst their guns
| were empty. The police fled, the sub-inspector
| as far as Meerut. A second sub-inspector came
| to the rescue. A melee ensued in which a
| constable was killed by a lathi blow; two
| villagers were wounded by gun-shot wounds.
|
Darrang District, Assam | Strike of tea garden coolies. The European
14th October 1921 | Managers as well as the Superintendent of
... | Police were assaulted and some of the Indian
| members of the garden staff were injured.
| Fifty-two arrests were made.
|
Ahmedabad | Thirty one out of 47 mills closed down
26th October 1921 | demanding higher wages; but this soon ended.
Bombay. |
|
Bengal | The conviction of Mr. J N. Gupta on a charge of
26th October 1921 | picketing led to a slight disturbance on his
Chitagong. | way to the Jail. A crowd gathered and assaulted
| the Gurkha Guard who dispersed them and
| assaulted butts of their rifles.
|
Bengal | Two persons wearing Khilafat badges were
24th October 1921 | arrested. They resisted the Police. A crowd
Calcutta. | quickly gathered. A number of arrests were made
| the men being conducted to the police station
| amidst a shower of brickbats.
|
Bengal | Strike of tramway employees.
25th October 1921 |
Calcutta. |
|
Bihar and Orissa | Serious trouble occurred at Bagaha Police
October 1921 | Station, West Champaran, the Chatawar Factory
Champaran. | was burnt down and three persons were killed.
|
Punjab | On the afternoon of the 30th October 1921 a mob
30th October 1921 | of between 150 and 200 convicts made a
Lahore. | determined and evidently a preconcerted attempt
| to break out of the Lahore Central Jail. They
| overpowered the guard of the inner gate and
| forced their way to the outer gate where they
| succeeded in breaking the lock of the wicket.
|
| The Jail officials had to fire at this point
| and succeed in driving back the convicts. Three
| of the convicts were killed and thirty-three
| wounded.
|
Bengal | Processions were formed at night after a
4th November 1921 | Khilafat meeting had been held on the Howrah
Howrah. | maidan. One of these attacked the police on
| duty and forced them to retire on the thana.
| Armed police were requisitioned from Sibpore
| and, though attacked _en route_, succeeded
| in relieving the thana. During the disturbances
| some shots were fired.
|
| One constable was killed and several wounded.
| Five rioters were killed.
|
Bengal | An attempt was made to withhold food supplies
November 1921 | from the Settlement Officer, Mr. McPherson who
Bogra. | was assaulted when he visited the _hat_ for
| the purpose.
|
Bengal | A serious riot occurred in Howrah Town after a
4th November 1921 | Khilafat meeting when processions were formed.
Calcutta. | One of these attacked the Police who retired to
| the thana. Armed police were requisitioned from
| Sibpore and were attacked _en route_. They,
| however, succeeded in relieving the
| thana. Some shots were fired by the Police and
| two rifles were lost. One constable was killed
| and several were wounded and whilst the
| Assistant Magistrate was injured on the head.
|
Bengal | An attempt was made to renew the tramway
14th November 1921 | service in Shambazar with the result that a
Calcutta. | serious disturbance occurred at the Balgachia
| Depot. The police force being insufficient, the
| military were summoned but before this the
| Assistant Commissioner of Police Mr. Bartley
| was seriously assaulted and about 20 police
| injured and so were several rioters.
|
Coorg | Following on arrest of six Mahomedans on charge
17th November 1921 | of unlawful assembly a mob numbering thousands
Bangalore. | surrounded Broadway Police station, prevented
| removal of prisoners who had refused bail to
| judicial lock-up in Bangalore Central Jail. As
| Police force was inadequate, military aid was
| requisitioned. As detachment of military
| reached Police station, determined rush was
| made on rear. In the melee four or five shots
| were fired. Officer Commanding was individually
| attacked by man with a stick. There was heavy
| stone throwing.
|
| Two rioters were killed and six injured; 16 men
| of the Dorset Regiment were injured.
|
Burma | Serious riot occurred on 13th night due to
17th November 1921 | attempt by large number of Burmese monks to
Rangoon. | obtain free entrance to the Pwes in Shwedagon
| Pagoda during pagoda festival.
|
| Not known. One unknown Burman killed. Among the
| police there were three serious and many minor
| casualties.
|
Bombay | People returning from seeing the arrival of the
17th-20th November 1921 | Prince were molested. On 18th rioting became
Bombay. | general. Europeans and Parsis were attacked and
| liquor shops, etc, were set on fire. Military
| aid was requisitioned.
|
| Two Europeans, one American and two Parsis were
| killed. Three Europeans and an unknown number
| of Parsis were wounded. Eighty-three police
| were wounded. Of the rioters 53 were killed and
| 298 wounded. Not all the deaths from gunshot
| wounds were due to the police and military, as
| several dead and wounded men were found in
| localities where the authorities had not opened
| fire.
|
Madras | On the 4th December 1921, a number of
4th December 1921 | Moplah-convicts and under-trial prisoners in
Cannanore. | the Cannanore Central Jail, ultimately
| numbering about 150, began rioting and
| attempted to break out of the Jail. Breaking
| open a tool shed they armed themselves with
| chisels, iron bars, etc., and attacked warders
| who attempted to obstruct their escape. As the
| prisoners disregarded warnings, firing had to
| be ordered to prevent their overpowering the
| guard by force of number.
|
| Seven of the prisoners were killed outright and
| four wounded by the firing. Two of these
| subsequently died. One prisoner died of a
| fractured skull and nine were wounded otherwise
| than by firing.
|
Punjab | A determined attempt was made by a mob to
23rd December 1921 | rescue 12 non-co-operators who were arrested
Fezorepur. | for having recourse to violence. The police
| were forced to fire on the 24th a large number
| assembled to renew the attack, but Alwar troops
| and Reserve Police dispersed them.
|
| Three rioters were killed and several wounded.
|
Bengal | Owing to disturbed state of locality,
28th December 1921 | thirty-two armed Police were sent to
Rungpur. | Nilphamari. A halt was made in the bazar during
| a route march, and an altercation took place
| between a policeman and a servant of a local
| gentleman. A crowd speedily collected and began
| throwing missiles. March was continued followed
| by crowd who became increasingly menacing and
| broke through ranks of police. Some shots fired
| in the air.
|
| Eight policemen were injured. Eight of public
| were also injured.
|
United Provinces | On the 30th December 21, 32 inmates of Bareilly
29th December 1921 | Juvenile Jail refused to work on the grounds
Bareilly. | that a certain political prisoner had been
| removed from their midst. (He had been sent to
| hospital in consequence of illness.) Owing to
| influence of political prisoners the youths,
| who numbered about 190, were completely out of
| hand. They broke open almirahs, took out tools,
| broke open locks and gates and attempted to
| scale walls. It was necessary to call up the
| armed guard and to order firing. Sixteen shots
| were fired, several of them in the air. None of
| the gunshot wounds are serious, an inquiry by
| District Magistrate shows that no unnecessary
| violence was used. (This account is taken from
| a communique published in the Press, as no
| official report has been received from the
| United Provinces Government.)
|
| Eight of the prisoners were injured by gunshots
| mostly in the legs, and nine with batons.
|
Madras | On the occasion of the arrival of His Royal
13th January 1922 | Highness the Prince of Wales in Madras there
Madras. | were disturbances in Madras City. An official
| report has not yet been received, but from
| accounts in the Press it appears that the
| excesses of the mob were such that it was
| necessary to call out the military and to
| resort to firing.
|
| According to Press accounts, five or six
| rioters were killed. Other casualities not
| known.
|
Burma | A party of police were despatched to prevent a
15th January 1922 | buffalo fight. They were attacked on arrival by
Hokyobo Kwin, near Mada | a crowd of between three hundred and five
village, Thingangyan. | hundred. The police made six arrests but the
| crowd attacked them with sticks, stones and
| bottles and they had to let their prisoners go
| and to retreat towards the police station.
| Later the villagers again attacked the police
| and one villager cut a head constable with a
| _dah_ on the fore-arm and attempted to seize
| his carbine. Another head constable came
| to the rescue and in the scuffle the carbine
| went off and the original assailant was shot in
| the abdomen. As villagers continued to attack,
| a head constable fired twice into the crowd.
| The police then made good their escape.
|
| One villager killed, two severely wounded,
| seven slightly wounded; one head constable cut
| on forearm, one head constable incised wound on
| head, two constables slight cuts about arms and
| several hit by missiles.
|
Bengal | The Superintendent of police while touring in
21st January 1922 | his car was met with a shower of brick-bats and
Noakhali. | the S.D.O. was attacked by about 200 men.
|
Sub-division, Patna | A sub-inspector and 3 constables attempted to
Do. | arrest three volunteers who were picketing some
Sirajgung. | liquor shops. A crowd gathered and succeeded in
| separating and beating the constables. The
| sub-inspector fled. The mob then went in search
| of the excise sub-inspector and having failed
| to find him, they looted the ganja and liquor
| shop. In the course of this incident one rifle
| was lost by the police.
|
| Several instances of vigorous picketing
| occurred in this neighbourhood through which
| the D.M. and Superintendent of Police decided
| to have a route march. They arrived at
| Salangahat with two head constables and 23
| constables of armed police. A number of
| volunteers had collected here and as the Deputy
| Magistrate received complaints of interference
| several were arrested. A crowd of about 2,000
| then gathered and pelted the police. Every
| effort was made to disperse the crowd.
| Eventually after the Deputy Superintendent of
| Police had been hit with a lathi the Magistrate
| ordered fire to be opened first with buckshot,
| and when this proved unavailing, with ball. The
| crowd then dispersed leaving 4 dead and 6
| wounded.
|
Dacca District | Certain bad characters attacked the police in
23rd January 1922. | the course of effecting some arrests; the
| latter fired killing one volunteer.
|
Titagarh Jute Mills | Three mill hands were wanted in connection with
26th January 1922. | an assault on the Manager and Assistant
| Manager. Two arrests were made which resulted
| in the collection of a threatening crowd who
| hemmed in the police against the wall of the
| mill. After failing to get in touch with the
| Sub Divisional Magistrate over the telephone
| the Deputy Superintendent ordered first one and
| then several of his men to fire. One man was
| killed and another died subsequently.
| Altogether 40 were reported to have been
| wounded, seven were sent to hospital.
|
United Provinces | An attempt to picket Muderwa bazar and prevent
1st February 1922 | sales of fish, drugs and liquor had been
Chauri Chaura. | frustrated by police. Also an Ahir (gowli
| caste) Government pensioner, who was a previous
| convict and had become volunteer, was called up
| and threatened with loss of his pension. The
| volunteers, determined on Saturday, that is the
| next bazar day, to forcibly picket the bazar
| and overawe all opposition by their numbers.
| The owner of the bazar is a loyal zaminder. The
| volunteers proceeded to the bazar through the
| police station grounds. They attacked the
| police station with kunkars and bricks.
| Eventually the police fired in the air. The
| attack was renewed with greater force. The mob
| rushed the police and they fled, some into the
| fields and some into the buildings. A few
| police must have fired on the mob in earnest,
| but it cannot be said whether it was before the
| rush or not. Buildings were set on fire and all
| the force there except one constable and one
| chaukidar, who escaped were brutally beaten to
| death and then burnt. Also a little boy servant
| of the Sub Inspector was murdered. Resistance
| to the mob was, I fear, badly organised. Then
| the mob tore up two rails on the line, cut
| telegraph wires and scattered.
|
| Twenty-one police and chaukidars killed & two
| rioters.
|
Bihar and Orissa | Two Indian boys quarrelled in Railway Works,
3rd February 1922 | Jamalpur. One as result being rendered
Jamalpur. | unconscious. Action taken by Railway
| authorities who dismissed two men did not
| satisfy popular demand for removal of head
| maistry and on 10th an attempt was made to
| assault him in office which was stoned. Works
| manager asked men in foundry either to work or
| leave and as they refused to do either they
| were locked out on 11th and stoned men
| arriving. Crowd at Jamalpur was dispersed but
| many workmen came in by local trains from
| outside where trains were held up and line
| tampered with. District Magistrate regards
| situation as serious and fears sabotage.
| Military police arrived on evening 11th.
| Trouble expected 13th when shops re-open.
|
United Provinces | A defiant challenge was given this morning in
5th February 1922 | the city by about 5,000 volunteers who went out
Bareilly. | in procession despite prohibition. The
| processions were dispersed flags seized and the
| bands silenced. The volunteers and crowd
| rallied at the Town Hall. The police seized the
| Congress office, tore down and burnt the flags.
| Later a crowd which was reinforced by outside
| help attempted to seize Town Hall and a charge
| by the police met with vollies of brickbats.
| The situation with the number of men available
| was impossible to hold.
|
| By the District Magistrate's orders fire was
| opened by the police and the attack repelled.
| The crowds remained hostile. With military
| assistance the situation in now in hand. No
| firing was done by the military. The District
| Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police
| were wounded in the face by brickbats. So far
| as known two are killed and five wounded. The
| city is in the hands of the military. The
| District Magistrate personally satisfied
| himself that the firing was absolutely
| justified. Six men have been arrested including
| Abdul Wadeed, Trebeni Sahai, Moti Singh Vakil
| and Damodar Sarup. All is quiet now.
|
| One man killed on the spot, two since died in
| hospital five wounded now in hospital including
| one woman.
|
Assam | A riot occured at Jamumamukh on the 15th among
15th February 1922 | Khilafat Volunteers and Sylhet settlers.
Jamumamukh. | Convicted prisoners were forcibly released and
| a mail train was held up by the removal of
| sleepers and stoned.
|
Do. | Commissioner, Surma Valley, who is in camp at
16th February 1922 | Kanaighat was dispersing forbidden meeting when
Sylhet. | a large body of Lathials attacked the Police
| from behind. Armed Police turned to meet them
| when in spite of warning they came right on
| Commissioner who was hit on head by clods of
| earth and was narrowly missed with lathies. He
| called on the police to fire; several rounds
| were fired, resulting in about 8 casualties. As
| soon as firing stopped men swarmed back in
| great numbers. Police force then returned to
| thana. One rifle was lost. It is reported that
| reinforcements from Auxiliary Force stationed
| at Sylhet and Karimganj are proceeding to spot.
|
| Three police constables killed and three
| wounded.
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