Part 17

Province | Brief description. Date | Place of Disturbance. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- United Provinces | Agrarian disturbances in Rae Bareilly and 7th January 1921 | Fyzabad Districts accompanied by extensive Rae Berilli Distt. | looting. | United Provinces | District Rae Barielly. Police party besieged in 24th January 1921 | a house after one of their number was killed. ... | | Punjab | Serious riot at Tarn Taran. 26th January 1921 | Tarn. | Killed 3 | Wounded 14 | Bombay | A riot occurred between two parties of 9th January 1921 | Muhammadans in the Kolaba district during the Kolaba Distt. | course of a flag procession. The sub-Inspector | of Police who was in charge lost his head and | fired in the air. | | No casualities. | United Provinces | A large crowd held up a train with the object 29th January 1921 | of rescuing a man arrested for his complicity Goshaingunj Railway | in the agrarian riots. The police who were Station, Fyzabad Distt. | attacked, fired wounding one man, several | others were hit with stray pellets. | | One rioter wounded. | Bengal | An affray took place between a Muhammadan and a 4th-5th February 1921 | Gurkha Durwan of a Jute Mill resulting in a Naihati. | General fracas between Muhammadan coolies of | the Mill and Gurkha durwans in which a few | Gurkhas were killed and other injured. It was | considered doubtful whether there was any | political significance. | Bihar and Orissa | Strikes at the East India Railway Colliery, 7th February 1921 | Giridih, District Hazaribagh, Bihar and Orissa. Giridih. | | United Provinces | Strike on the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway, 10th February 1921 | Punjab Mail stoned and Magistrate assaulted. ... | | Bengal | Riot in Kalighat section of Calcutta Tramway by 18th February 1921 | strikers. Calcutta. | | Bihar and Orissa | District Sarat, Bihar and Orissa. Police while 18th February 1921 | investigating complaint against locally Saran. | self-constituted panchayet were assaulted. | Punjab | Nankana Sahib affair in Punjab. 19th-20th February 1921 | Nankana. | | Central Provinces | Disturbances of Nagpur arising out of 21st-25th February 1921 | temperance campaign of non-co-operators. Nagpur. | | Bengal | Strike accompanied by rioting at Lillooah March 1921 | workshops. Lillooah. | | Bombay | Hartal at Karachi accompanied by violence of March 1921 | mob. Karachi. | | Central Province | Rioting during excise sales. Five liquor shops March 1921 | Cracked. Mob fired on by police, one policeman Nagpur. | killed and 15 injured, 9 rioters killed and 14 | wounded. | United Provinces | In the course of the riots which took place on 20th and 21st March 1921 | the 20th March, the police were compelled to Karhaiya, Rae Barelli | fire on two occasions. The riot started by the District. | arrest of two men who had been prohibited from | speaking and who were haranguing the crowd. | | Killed 4 | Wounded 12 | Assam | Halem Tea Estate, Assam. Strike by tea garden 21st March 1921 | labourers who assaulted officials of tea ... | garden. | Bengal | Outbreak in Rajshahi Jail in Bengal. 24th March 1921 | Rajshahi. | | Madras | Riots at Kumbakonam due to labour strikes. 3rd April 1921 | Kumbakonam. | | Punjab | Riot at Kamalia, Montgomery District, Punjab, 6th April 1921 | owing to dispute over Prem Sati Gurdwara. Kamalia. | | Bengal | Ghusuri Jute Mill Bengal. Riot accompanied by 15th April 1921 | violence; manager seriously injured. Ghusuri. | | Bombay | Riot at Shikarpur, Bombay, when 19th April 1921 | non-co-operators interfered with yearly meeting Shikarpur. | of Pritman Dharma Sabha. | Bihar and Orissa | Owing to trial of a non-co-operation 25th April 1921 | volunteer, 10,000 people at Giridih, District Giridih. | Hazaribagh, endeavoured to storm sub-jail, | looted police station and burnt records. | Bombay | Disturbances at Malegaon, Bombay, arising 25th April 1921 | out of trial of Khilafat Volunteers. Malegaon. | Sub-Inspector of Police and four constables | killed. | Madras | Disturbance at Ottapalam, Madras; fight between 26th April 1921 | Reserve Police and khilafat volunteers. Ottapalam. | | Bihar and Orissa | S.D.O. Sitamarhi, (District Muzuffarpur, Bihar May 1921 | and Orissa) compelled to leave Mela; public Sitamarhi. | intimidated. | Bengal | Riot in Kanchrapara workshops, Eastern Bengal 11th May 1921 | State Railway. Several thousands took part in Kanchrapara. | riot caused by strikers of Eastern Bengal State | Railway workshops, Kanchrapara. | Bengal | Riot accompanied with violence occurred at 16th May 1921 | Kaloj Valley Tea Estate, Darjeeling District. Kaloj Valley. | | Assam | Trouble at Chandpur in connection with tea 19th-20th 1921 | garden labourers leaving Assam. Chandpur. | | United Provinces | Serious affray in Mahagaon, District Allahabad. 22nd May 1921 | Mahagaon. | | Bombay | Disturbances at Tata Mills Limited, Dadar, 26th June 1921 | Bombay. Bombay. | | Bombay | Riots at Dharwar, Bombay, arising from liquor 1st July 1921 | shop picketing. Dharwar. | | Madras | Strikes in Buckingham and Karnatic Mills, July 1921 | Madras, began accompanied by wide-spread arson. Madras. | | United Provinces | Riot at Aligarh arising out of trial of a 5th July 1921 | non-co-operators. Aligarh. | | United Provinces | Serious riot at Bariha village, District 13th July 1921 | Lucknow. Bariha. | | Bengal | Disturbances and disorders occurred in Bengal, July 1921 | both in Calcutta and at Chittagong, during Chittagong. | trial of non-co-operators. | Bombay | Disturbances at Matiari arising out of 21st July 1921 | interference by non-co-operators with an Aman Matiari. | Sabha meeting. | Bombay | Picketing of liquor shops at Karachi caused July 1921 | cases of obstruction and assault; one leading Karachi. | agitator rescued by crowd from police; when | convicted mob threw stones at Police and | passers by; various Europeans and Indians were | hurt. | Bengal | Riot at Jamalpur workshops of the East Indian 1st August 1921 | Railway resulting from _hartal_. Jamalpur. | | Bombay | Two British soldiers had an altercation with a 1st August 1921 | Musalman in a hotel and when they came out were Karachi. | assaulted by a mob. One soldier was severely | injured. The affray was not due to political | feelings. | Bombay | Some 7,300 employees of the Great Indian 17th August 1921 | Peninsula Railway Workshops at Parel demanded Bombay. | increased wages struck work. They stoned the | time-keeper's office and afterwards set it on | fire together with the records; the office of | the workshops' Manager was also wrecked. Some | members of the Auxiliary Force who were | employed in the Works succeeded in quelling the | riot and dispersing the mob. | 22nd August 1921. | One man was wounded in the thigh with a | bayonet. | Do. | Strikes in the Jacob and E. D. Sassoon Mills. 25th August 1921 | This terminated on 8th and 12th September. ... | | United Provinces | There was an affray between police and British September 1921 | soldiers. A Sub-Inspector and a British officer Kailana, Chakrata U. P. | were killed. All the British soldiers and | officers were tried and were acquitted. | Madras City | A serious riot occurred between the Hindus and 5th October 1921 | the Anti-Dravidas which necessitated the ... | opening of fire by the police. The | Anti-Dravidas were responsible for insulting a | Muhammadan funeral procession, and attacking a | Hindu procession. | Beneres | An attempt made by a sub-inspector to search a October 1921 | cloth-shop in the village whereupon a ... | disturbance arose and he ordered his escort to | fire in the air. The Ahirs concerned seized the | opportunity to attack police whilst their guns | were empty. The police fled, the sub-inspector | as far as Meerut. A second sub-inspector came | to the rescue. A melee ensued in which a | constable was killed by a lathi blow; two | villagers were wounded by gun-shot wounds. | Darrang District, Assam | Strike of tea garden coolies. The European 14th October 1921 | Managers as well as the Superintendent of ... | Police were assaulted and some of the Indian | members of the garden staff were injured. | Fifty-two arrests were made. | Ahmedabad | Thirty one out of 47 mills closed down 26th October 1921 | demanding higher wages; but this soon ended. Bombay. | | Bengal | The conviction of Mr. J N. Gupta on a charge of 26th October 1921 | picketing led to a slight disturbance on his Chitagong. | way to the Jail. A crowd gathered and assaulted | the Gurkha Guard who dispersed them and | assaulted butts of their rifles. | Bengal | Two persons wearing Khilafat badges were 24th October 1921 | arrested. They resisted the Police. A crowd Calcutta. | quickly gathered. A number of arrests were made | the men being conducted to the police station | amidst a shower of brickbats. | Bengal | Strike of tramway employees. 25th October 1921 | Calcutta. | | Bihar and Orissa | Serious trouble occurred at Bagaha Police October 1921 | Station, West Champaran, the Chatawar Factory Champaran. | was burnt down and three persons were killed. | Punjab | On the afternoon of the 30th October 1921 a mob 30th October 1921 | of between 150 and 200 convicts made a Lahore. | determined and evidently a preconcerted attempt | to break out of the Lahore Central Jail. They | overpowered the guard of the inner gate and | forced their way to the outer gate where they | succeeded in breaking the lock of the wicket. | | The Jail officials had to fire at this point | and succeed in driving back the convicts. Three | of the convicts were killed and thirty-three | wounded. | Bengal | Processions were formed at night after a 4th November 1921 | Khilafat meeting had been held on the Howrah Howrah. | maidan. One of these attacked the police on | duty and forced them to retire on the thana. | Armed police were requisitioned from Sibpore | and, though attacked _en route_, succeeded | in relieving the thana. During the disturbances | some shots were fired. | | One constable was killed and several wounded. | Five rioters were killed. | Bengal | An attempt was made to withhold food supplies November 1921 | from the Settlement Officer, Mr. McPherson who Bogra. | was assaulted when he visited the _hat_ for | the purpose. | Bengal | A serious riot occurred in Howrah Town after a 4th November 1921 | Khilafat meeting when processions were formed. Calcutta. | One of these attacked the Police who retired to | the thana. Armed police were requisitioned from | Sibpore and were attacked _en route_. They, | however, succeeded in relieving the | thana. Some shots were fired by the Police and | two rifles were lost. One constable was killed | and several were wounded and whilst the | Assistant Magistrate was injured on the head. | Bengal | An attempt was made to renew the tramway 14th November 1921 | service in Shambazar with the result that a Calcutta. | serious disturbance occurred at the Balgachia | Depot. The police force being insufficient, the | military were summoned but before this the | Assistant Commissioner of Police Mr. Bartley | was seriously assaulted and about 20 police | injured and so were several rioters. | Coorg | Following on arrest of six Mahomedans on charge 17th November 1921 | of unlawful assembly a mob numbering thousands Bangalore. | surrounded Broadway Police station, prevented | removal of prisoners who had refused bail to | judicial lock-up in Bangalore Central Jail. As | Police force was inadequate, military aid was | requisitioned. As detachment of military | reached Police station, determined rush was | made on rear. In the melee four or five shots | were fired. Officer Commanding was individually | attacked by man with a stick. There was heavy | stone throwing. | | Two rioters were killed and six injured; 16 men | of the Dorset Regiment were injured. | Burma | Serious riot occurred on 13th night due to 17th November 1921 | attempt by large number of Burmese monks to Rangoon. | obtain free entrance to the Pwes in Shwedagon | Pagoda during pagoda festival. | | Not known. One unknown Burman killed. Among the | police there were three serious and many minor | casualties. | Bombay | People returning from seeing the arrival of the 17th-20th November 1921 | Prince were molested. On 18th rioting became Bombay. | general. Europeans and Parsis were attacked and | liquor shops, etc, were set on fire. Military | aid was requisitioned. | | Two Europeans, one American and two Parsis were | killed. Three Europeans and an unknown number | of Parsis were wounded. Eighty-three police | were wounded. Of the rioters 53 were killed and | 298 wounded. Not all the deaths from gunshot | wounds were due to the police and military, as | several dead and wounded men were found in | localities where the authorities had not opened | fire. | Madras | On the 4th December 1921, a number of 4th December 1921 | Moplah-convicts and under-trial prisoners in Cannanore. | the Cannanore Central Jail, ultimately | numbering about 150, began rioting and | attempted to break out of the Jail. Breaking | open a tool shed they armed themselves with | chisels, iron bars, etc., and attacked warders | who attempted to obstruct their escape. As the | prisoners disregarded warnings, firing had to | be ordered to prevent their overpowering the | guard by force of number. | | Seven of the prisoners were killed outright and | four wounded by the firing. Two of these | subsequently died. One prisoner died of a | fractured skull and nine were wounded otherwise | than by firing. | Punjab | A determined attempt was made by a mob to 23rd December 1921 | rescue 12 non-co-operators who were arrested Fezorepur. | for having recourse to violence. The police | were forced to fire on the 24th a large number | assembled to renew the attack, but Alwar troops | and Reserve Police dispersed them. | | Three rioters were killed and several wounded. | Bengal | Owing to disturbed state of locality, 28th December 1921 | thirty-two armed Police were sent to Rungpur. | Nilphamari. A halt was made in the bazar during | a route march, and an altercation took place | between a policeman and a servant of a local | gentleman. A crowd speedily collected and began | throwing missiles. March was continued followed | by crowd who became increasingly menacing and | broke through ranks of police. Some shots fired | in the air. | | Eight policemen were injured. Eight of public | were also injured. | United Provinces | On the 30th December 21, 32 inmates of Bareilly 29th December 1921 | Juvenile Jail refused to work on the grounds Bareilly. | that a certain political prisoner had been | removed from their midst. (He had been sent to | hospital in consequence of illness.) Owing to | influence of political prisoners the youths, | who numbered about 190, were completely out of | hand. They broke open almirahs, took out tools, | broke open locks and gates and attempted to | scale walls. It was necessary to call up the | armed guard and to order firing. Sixteen shots | were fired, several of them in the air. None of | the gunshot wounds are serious, an inquiry by | District Magistrate shows that no unnecessary | violence was used. (This account is taken from | a communique published in the Press, as no | official report has been received from the | United Provinces Government.) | | Eight of the prisoners were injured by gunshots | mostly in the legs, and nine with batons. | Madras | On the occasion of the arrival of His Royal 13th January 1922 | Highness the Prince of Wales in Madras there Madras. | were disturbances in Madras City. An official | report has not yet been received, but from | accounts in the Press it appears that the | excesses of the mob were such that it was | necessary to call out the military and to | resort to firing. | | According to Press accounts, five or six | rioters were killed. Other casualities not | known. | Burma | A party of police were despatched to prevent a 15th January 1922 | buffalo fight. They were attacked on arrival by Hokyobo Kwin, near Mada | a crowd of between three hundred and five village, Thingangyan. | hundred. The police made six arrests but the | crowd attacked them with sticks, stones and | bottles and they had to let their prisoners go | and to retreat towards the police station. | Later the villagers again attacked the police | and one villager cut a head constable with a | _dah_ on the fore-arm and attempted to seize | his carbine. Another head constable came | to the rescue and in the scuffle the carbine | went off and the original assailant was shot in | the abdomen. As villagers continued to attack, | a head constable fired twice into the crowd. | The police then made good their escape. | | One villager killed, two severely wounded, | seven slightly wounded; one head constable cut | on forearm, one head constable incised wound on | head, two constables slight cuts about arms and | several hit by missiles. | Bengal | The Superintendent of police while touring in 21st January 1922 | his car was met with a shower of brick-bats and Noakhali. | the S.D.O. was attacked by about 200 men. | Sub-division, Patna | A sub-inspector and 3 constables attempted to Do. | arrest three volunteers who were picketing some Sirajgung. | liquor shops. A crowd gathered and succeeded in | separating and beating the constables. The | sub-inspector fled. The mob then went in search | of the excise sub-inspector and having failed | to find him, they looted the ganja and liquor | shop. In the course of this incident one rifle | was lost by the police. | | Several instances of vigorous picketing | occurred in this neighbourhood through which | the D.M. and Superintendent of Police decided | to have a route march. They arrived at | Salangahat with two head constables and 23 | constables of armed police. A number of | volunteers had collected here and as the Deputy | Magistrate received complaints of interference | several were arrested. A crowd of about 2,000 | then gathered and pelted the police. Every | effort was made to disperse the crowd. | Eventually after the Deputy Superintendent of | Police had been hit with a lathi the Magistrate | ordered fire to be opened first with buckshot, | and when this proved unavailing, with ball. The | crowd then dispersed leaving 4 dead and 6 | wounded. | Dacca District | Certain bad characters attacked the police in 23rd January 1922. | the course of effecting some arrests; the | latter fired killing one volunteer. | Titagarh Jute Mills | Three mill hands were wanted in connection with 26th January 1922. | an assault on the Manager and Assistant | Manager. Two arrests were made which resulted | in the collection of a threatening crowd who | hemmed in the police against the wall of the | mill. After failing to get in touch with the | Sub Divisional Magistrate over the telephone | the Deputy Superintendent ordered first one and | then several of his men to fire. One man was | killed and another died subsequently. | Altogether 40 were reported to have been | wounded, seven were sent to hospital. | United Provinces | An attempt to picket Muderwa bazar and prevent 1st February 1922 | sales of fish, drugs and liquor had been Chauri Chaura. | frustrated by police. Also an Ahir (gowli | caste) Government pensioner, who was a previous | convict and had become volunteer, was called up | and threatened with loss of his pension. The | volunteers, determined on Saturday, that is the | next bazar day, to forcibly picket the bazar | and overawe all opposition by their numbers. | The owner of the bazar is a loyal zaminder. The | volunteers proceeded to the bazar through the | police station grounds. They attacked the | police station with kunkars and bricks. | Eventually the police fired in the air. The | attack was renewed with greater force. The mob | rushed the police and they fled, some into the | fields and some into the buildings. A few | police must have fired on the mob in earnest, | but it cannot be said whether it was before the | rush or not. Buildings were set on fire and all | the force there except one constable and one | chaukidar, who escaped were brutally beaten to | death and then burnt. Also a little boy servant | of the Sub Inspector was murdered. Resistance | to the mob was, I fear, badly organised. Then | the mob tore up two rails on the line, cut | telegraph wires and scattered. | | Twenty-one police and chaukidars killed & two | rioters. | Bihar and Orissa | Two Indian boys quarrelled in Railway Works, 3rd February 1922 | Jamalpur. One as result being rendered Jamalpur. | unconscious. Action taken by Railway | authorities who dismissed two men did not | satisfy popular demand for removal of head | maistry and on 10th an attempt was made to | assault him in office which was stoned. Works | manager asked men in foundry either to work or | leave and as they refused to do either they | were locked out on 11th and stoned men | arriving. Crowd at Jamalpur was dispersed but | many workmen came in by local trains from | outside where trains were held up and line | tampered with. District Magistrate regards | situation as serious and fears sabotage. | Military police arrived on evening 11th. | Trouble expected 13th when shops re-open. | United Provinces | A defiant challenge was given this morning in 5th February 1922 | the city by about 5,000 volunteers who went out Bareilly. | in procession despite prohibition. The | processions were dispersed flags seized and the | bands silenced. The volunteers and crowd | rallied at the Town Hall. The police seized the | Congress office, tore down and burnt the flags. | Later a crowd which was reinforced by outside | help attempted to seize Town Hall and a charge | by the police met with vollies of brickbats. | The situation with the number of men available | was impossible to hold. | | By the District Magistrate's orders fire was | opened by the police and the attack repelled. | The crowds remained hostile. With military | assistance the situation in now in hand. No | firing was done by the military. The District | Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police | were wounded in the face by brickbats. So far | as known two are killed and five wounded. The | city is in the hands of the military. The | District Magistrate personally satisfied | himself that the firing was absolutely | justified. Six men have been arrested including | Abdul Wadeed, Trebeni Sahai, Moti Singh Vakil | and Damodar Sarup. All is quiet now. | | One man killed on the spot, two since died in | hospital five wounded now in hospital including | one woman. | Assam | A riot occured at Jamumamukh on the 15th among 15th February 1922 | Khilafat Volunteers and Sylhet settlers. Jamumamukh. | Convicted prisoners were forcibly released and | a mail train was held up by the removal of | sleepers and stoned. | Do. | Commissioner, Surma Valley, who is in camp at 16th February 1922 | Kanaighat was dispersing forbidden meeting when Sylhet. | a large body of Lathials attacked the Police | from behind. Armed Police turned to meet them | when in spite of warning they came right on | Commissioner who was hit on head by clods of | earth and was narrowly missed with lathies. He | called on the police to fire; several rounds | were fired, resulting in about 8 casualties. As | soon as firing stopped men swarmed back in | great numbers. Police force then returned to | thana. One rifle was lost. It is reported that | reinforcements from Auxiliary Force stationed | at Sylhet and Karimganj are proceeding to spot. | | Three police constables killed and three | wounded. --------------------------------------------------------------------------