Indian Arms Act
In a review of the Indian political situation given to students of Canterbury University College Dr Surjit Singh, travelling secretary to the New Zealand Student Christian Movement, referred to the Arms Act passed in India after the mutiny in 1857. This act, which was still in force, he said, prevented Indians from possessing firearms or weapons of any kind. "Even housewives’ bread knives had to be within specified limits,” he said, “and this, if nothing else, prevented some of them from cutting themselves.”
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 71, Issue 6139, 21 September 1945, Page 6
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86Indian Arms Act Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 71, Issue 6139, 21 September 1945, Page 6
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