COWS TO A MOSQUE
HINDUS OBJECT
POLICE STEM RIOT
(Eeceived April 7, 11 a.m.) CALCUTTA; 6. Eighteen were injured by clashes between Hindus and Moslems at Behala, a suburb of Calcutta, in connection with the Moslem festival of Bakrid. The dispute arose over Moslems taking two cows to a mosque for sacrifice. The Hindus and Sikhs objected and the rival religionists attacked each other with knives, sticks, and stones. The riot was eventually, quelled by the police.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 82, 7 April 1933, Page 7
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77COWS TO A MOSQUE Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 82, 7 April 1933, Page 7
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