RIOTS IN INDIA
HINDUS EVACUATED. MILITARY OCCUPY KOHAT. DELHL September 12. Tho inter-Communist nots in Kohat resulted in the occupation of the city by the military, and tho evacuation, of the entire Hindu population under escort. -Tho' neighbouring tribes have observed the appeal of the British official in charge of the district to remain quiet, but local ruffians fired upon and looted the bazaarr Panic prevailed during the evacuation, and Hindus -wildly fired revolvers, and actually wounded three of their own escort, one fatally. Every official - assistance is being afforded to homeless Hindus during their return to this side of tho frontier. So far as is yet known, twenty Hindus were “fettled. •
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11934, 15 September 1924, Page 8
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112RIOTS IN INDIA New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11934, 15 September 1924, Page 8
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