CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
THE CONGRESS CAMPAIGN MEASURES FOR SUPPRESSION. CALCUTTA, August 25. The salutary effect of the Indian Government’s measures to cope, with the Congress campaign of civil disobedience is demonstrated by the decrease during July of nearly 5000 in the number of political prisoners convicted under ' the ordinary law and special ordinances. A satisfying feature is the growing number of offenders released on promising not to participate in future defiance of the law. The total number of political prisoners In India at the end of July was 24,000, Including over 1000 women.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21734, 27 August 1932, Page 11
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