RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL.
Impressive Scenes Witnessed In Calcutta. MOSLEMS AND HINDUS CLASH. (Received 10 a.m.) CALCUTTA, April 6. There were impressive scenes in Calcutta to-day at the great Mohammedan festival of Bakrid. Countless thousands in their gladdest garb congregated at mosques to offer prayer. The remainder spent the day holiday-making. The poor were not forgotten in their supplications, and thousands of beggars who lined the pavements were rewarded. Elaborate precautions were taken by the police to prevent a disturbance, as this is a favourite day for communal warfare. The scene was repeated on a smaller scale in every town and village in India. Eighteen were injured in clashes between Hindus and Moslems at Behala, a suburb of Calcutta, in connection with the festival of Bakrid. A dispute arose over Moslems taking two cows to a mosque for sacrifice, to which the Hindus and Sikhs objected. The religionists attacked each other with knives, sticks and stones. The riot was eventually quelled by the police.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 82, 7 April 1933, Page 7
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