INDIAN PEASANTS RISE
OBJECTION TO TAXES Received Jan. 15. 1 a.m. CALCUTTA, Jan. 14. Grave disturbances occurred at Jhelum, on the Kashmir State border, following the seizure of peasants’ cattle by State authorities in consequence of the nonpayment of land revenue. Crowds of villagers, armed with knives and sticks, surrounded Jhelum, cut the telegraph wires and attempted to destroy a bridge over tho Jhelum River and attacked Kashmir troops guarding the bridge, who fired, killing and wounding an unknown number. Further outbreaks are threatened. A surfew order has been declared and military police reinforcements have been sent from Jammu,
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 12, 15 January 1932, Page 7
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