CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE.
REVIVAL IN INDIA.
BOYCOTT OF BRITISH CLOTH. MANY ARRESTS DAILY. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received Jan. 20, 10.20 a.m.) CALCUTTA, Jan. 19. Despite the fact that Gandhi and 1000 leaders and supporters are in gaol, the Congress civil disobedience, movement, after a few months’ inaeivity, is showing signs of revival, especially in Bombay, where many youths are being arrested daily for attempting to .prevent Indian dealers from selling British cloth. Rajendra Prasad, acting-president of the Central Congress organisation, was sentenced at Patna to 15 months’ hard labour for unlawful activities, and Mr Gandhi’s secretary, Pyarelal, and two barristers, were sentenced at Bombay to 18 months’ imprisonment for a similar offence.
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Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18849, 20 January 1933, Page 7
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