BENARES RIOTS
CITY AGAIN NORMAL (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, 23rd February. Replying in the House of Commons to a question on the recent communal riots at Benares, the Secietary for India, Mr Wedgwood Benn, said that the condition of the city was almost normal within a week. A meeting addressed by Hindu and Moslem leaders passed resolutions deploring the riots and sympathising with sufferers, decided to raise a fund for the repair of temples, mosques, shops and houses and for the compensation of the injured.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 24 February 1931, Page 5
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