EVIDENCE OF LOYALTY
A CHANGE IN INDIA GOVERNOR’S BOMBAY TOUR (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) CALCUTTA, Dec. 8. The little town of Bardoli, in the Gujarat district, Bombay presidency, which formerly was a hot-bed of civil disobedience, gave the Governor, Bir Frederick Sykes, and Lady Sykes an enthusiastic welcome when they toured the place yesterday. Two years ago no Governor dared enter it without a strong military police force, but now the inhabitants have dissociated themselves from the Congress find are intensely loyal. They frankly admit that they have seen the error of their ways.
Sir Frederick Sykes even visited the former headquarters of the Congress, once a hot-bed of sedition and intrigue. lie held a picturesque durbar for loading townsmen, where he announced substantial remissions of land revenue as a reward for the people’s loyalty.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17958, 9 December 1932, Page 5
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