INDIAN UNREST.
SERIOUS RIOTS CAUSED BY AGLTATI )I<S. DELHI, Jan. 9. Agrarian riots are still spreading. A large mob cacKed Pursatoanj, t-en nines east oi Jtxai Bareli (46 milt? souigeasi. ci Luckdow), m order to loot me bazaars. L'lie ponce were compelled to lire on the moo, and it is repotted that tour men were Killed and two wounded. Two companies oi mtantry are now in the district, and others are under orders to proceed tlieie. bo lar six hunared rioters have been arrested. The day after the ringleaders were arrested ten thousand people assembled outside the goal at Kai Bareli, with the object oi attempting to rescue the prisoners. Armed police were compelled to tire, killing six. Cultivators of land have formed Soviets for the furtherance of their demands. The looting of landlords’ houses and estates continues. The police reserves at .Allahabad and Lucknow are being drawn upon, and a cordon is being drawn around the disaffected districts, presenting news of the riots spreading.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18073, 11 January 1921, Page 9
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165INDIAN UNREST. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18073, 11 January 1921, Page 9
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