INDIAN UNREST
THE NAGPUR TROUBLE
POLICE STONED BY CROWDS.
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(AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZI.UAND CAILC ASSOCIATION.) DELHI, 24th. February. The trouble at Nagpur was the outcome of non-cooperatore' activities. Crowds stoned the police when trying to dispel them with drawn swords. Many were injured in the melee. The mob raided and demolished a number of liquor stores. Troops are guarding the civil population. Reinforcements are arriving.
A meeting of European and Indian railwaymen at Allahabad declared in favour of a strike on Monday unless their demand is granted. A committee of inquiry has been appointed. , The, situation at Tonl^ is etill unsettled. More arrests have been made. An official inquiry is proceeding as to the cause of the'trouble.
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Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 49, 26 February 1921, Page 5
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119INDIAN UNREST Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 49, 26 February 1921, Page 5
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