SPIRIT OF REVOLT
INDIAN PEASANTRY TAXATION RESENTED CALCUTTA, Nov. 28. The agrarian situation in Alwar State, Central India, is assuming serious proport ions. Thousands of armed Hindu and Moslem peasants of splendid physique and iu lighting : pii it are concentrating in an area of 3 : 2i square miles lo repel the State tax gatherers. The roads' by which lorries are bringing troops have been made impassable, the passes being blocked by huge boulders, and at intervals along the hills remote from towns are watchers to give warning c.f the approach of troops or revenue collectors.
The peasants are demanding an inquiry into their grievances under the chairmanship of an Englishman from British India.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17950, 30 November 1932, Page 7
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