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BOTH HANDS MAIMED REDUCED TO BEGGING MADRAS. Sept. 20 Four months ago, Ago Karian,. an "untouchable," aged 40, was filling a liolo with dynamite at Vikrapandy, when a sudden explosion maimed both his hands, which later had to be amputated. ' The contractor employing him drove him away to beg in the city. 111-clad and emaciated, the "untouchable," with his wife and three children, succeeded in reaching the Minister for Labour in the Madras Government, who promised to inquire into his case.
As Karian withdrew, the Minister gavo him a rupee.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22846, 29 September 1937, Page 14
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