Part 16

Province | Brief description. Date | Place of Disturbance. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bombay | A leading wealthy member of the Gandhi 26th May 1919 | community was celebrating the marriages of some Godhra, Panch Mahals. | of his sons and nephews. It appears that | feeling was running high between the two | sections of the community as some of the brides | had previously been betrothed or promised to | persons of the other party. The trouble began | when one of the party let off potash bombs. The | Gandhis then began to assemble and an | altercation ensued which ended in a fight in | which broken bricks and pieces of wood were | freely used. The police on the spot finding | that the fracas became serious, had to resort | to firing. On arrival of more police, the crowd | dispersed. The District Magistrate succeeded in | getting both the parties reconciled to each | other. | | Two rioters were injured; six policemen | received injuries from bricks. | Bombay | Some military sepoys on duty purchased liquor, 11th June 1919 | and when the police constable on duty demanded Deesa Cantonment. | the name of the purchaser in accordance with | the Cantonment Magistrate's orders, they | refused to give the name and beat the | constable. When one sepoy was arrested, the | others interfered and attacked the constable. | Three sepoys were then arrested and put in the | lock up. The Sub-Inspector of Police persuaded | about 200 of the men to leave the bazaar but | not before the lock up was broken, the | prisoners released and several policemen were | injured. | | Six policemen were injured, two of them being | in a serious condition. | Bombay | One Sania Dipsing of Kanoda was terrorizing the 18th June 1919 | neighbourhood, committing robbery, frequently Kanoda, Panch Mahals. | though mostly of trivial articles. When | warrants were issued for his and his brothers | arrest he openly defied the authorities and | even threatened to kill the police or anyone | who tried to arrest him with a _dharaia_. As | he could not be persuaded to surrender the | District Magistrate ordered the arrest of the | brothers, by using force if necessary. Sania's | brothers and parents all armed with | _dharaia_, clubs and pickaxes, and Sania | armed with a gun resisted the arrest. The | police were compelled to fire in self-defence | with fatal results. | | Sania's mother and two brothers were killed. | Sania himself was wounded. | Madras | In an attempt to enforce a decree obtained in 22nd September 1919 | the civil court the Hindus with police Nellore. | protection took a procession with music through | the main bazar where there are mosques. They | and the police were attacked by the Muhammadans | and the police compelled to fire. | | Two Muhammadens killed and two wounded. | Bombay | Abnormal conditions in Bombay due to general 20th January 1920 | strike of mill-hands and other industrial Bombay. | unrest. | | One striker killed. One seriously wounded, 8 | policemen, 1 police officer, 1 lorry driver and | a Magistrate injured. One private individual | killed and one woman injured by strikers | stoning trams. | Do. | Renewed attack made by strikers, police were 26th January 1920 | compelled to fire. Do. | | One striker was wounded. | Do. | A police party was engaged in protecting a 30th January 1920 | faction in the village against the attacks of Nandvaji village Bijapur | the rival faction when it found itself in the district. | presence of a large body of rioters with | sticks, axes and stones and fearing attack on | themselves the police fired two shots in the | air and one on the men in front. | | Three wounded. | Do. | During the strike of mill-hands at Sholapur 16th February 1920 | some 8,000 mill-hands who had struck work Sholapur. | surrounded the District Magistrate and refused | to disperse when ordered to do so, by the | District Magistrate. They became violent and | began to stone officers and troops. The | District Magistrate was compelled to order | firing. It was only after the military arrived | that the disturbance ceased. | | Four killed. Huzur Deputy Commissioner was | injured. | Bihar and Orissa | A general strike of the workers at the Tata 15th March 1920 | iron and steel Works, Jamshedpur began on the Jamshedpur. | 24th February and continued for nearly a month. | As the strike proceeded, the attitude of the | strikers grew more hostile, those men who | wished to work were intimidated, the gates of | the works were picketed and the guards at the | gates more than once stoned. The local | Government despatched a large body of armed and | military police to the spot for the protection | of life and property and were compelled also to | obtain assistance of regular British troops | from Calcutta. On the 15th March the strikers | obstructed the railway lines between the works | and Tatanagar Railway station and made a most | determined attack on the armed police sent out | to clear the obstruction. The police were | compelled to fire in self-defence and to fall | back towards the works. | | Killed 5, wounded 23. | Bombay | A fracas took place in the Hur Criminal Tribes 14th April 1920 | settlement of Jalalai Nawabshah, Sind, in the Jalalani Nawabshah. | course of which one Fatu Mari was attacked by a | number of Hurs who belaboured him with lathis | and blows. As his wife was in danger a | Sub-Inspector ordered the mob to stop. The | crowd made an attempt to attack the | Sub-Inspector who finding his own life in | danger ordered firing in self-defence and also | with the object of quelling the disturbance. | | Six wounded. | Madras | The attempt to register the kallars under April 1920 | Criminal Tribes Act brought about a serious Perungamanallur, | collision between them and the police. On Madura distt. | account of their defiant and aggressive | attitude, the police had to open fire. | | Eleven killed. | Do. | A Hindu marriage procession passing a mosque May 1920 | came into conflict with the Muhammadans. A Muthupet in Tanjore | fight ensued and to clear the street the police district. | had to open fire. | | One man was slightly wounded. | Do. | During a strike in the Burma Oil Company some 17th May 1920 | Pathans were brought from Bombay to carry on Madras. | the work. An altercation between them and the | local coolies resulted in a riot which required | the presence of the armed police reserve to | quell it. | | One Pathan was killed; there was also minor | casualties on both sides. | Bombay | On 29th May an affray took place between the 29th May 1920 | police and certain Jagiranis near Durbar in the Dubar Sukkur District. | Sukkur district, Sind. The police received a | complaint that two buffaloes had been stolen by | some Jagiranis. A Police party went in search | of the criminals and having found them seized | and arrested the offenders. On their return | journey they were attacked by about 30 | Jagiranis two of whom were armed with guns. | Those guns were fired at the police party and | the Jagiranis closed in with their | _lathis_. A general free fight ensued and | the police seeing that they were overwhelmed by | weight of numbers, fired in self defence. The | Jagiranis then ran off, leaving their wounded. | | One killed, one wounded, also five policemen | injured. | North-West Frontier | At Kachagarhi a collision occurred between Province | troops and Muhajarins. 8th July 1920 | Kachagarhi. | Killed one Muhajir. | Punjab | The Khilafat party asked a theatrical company 25th August 1920 | to give the proceeds of their last performance Kasur. | to the Khilafat Fund. The company declined and | was attacked at night. The police arrived on | the Scene and used fire-arms. | | One killed and two wounded. | United Provinces | During the Muharram festival an attack was made 23rd September 1920 | on a Hindu temple at Pilibhit. The police fired Pilibhit. | a few rounds in the air. | | One wounded who subsequently died. | Madras | Buckingham Mills. Perambur. The police lorry 9th December 1920 | which was taking the coolies from the mills to Madras. | the harbour was subjected to persistent and | violent stoning by strikers. The police opened | fire. | | Sixteen persons were wounded, two of whom died. --------------------------------------------------------------------------

_List of Riots or Disturbances and disturbances since the year 1921_.