Gandhi and AnarchySankaran Nair, C. (Chettur), Sir
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Gandhi and Anarchy
Sankaran Nair, C. (Chettur), Sir
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Political and social views; India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947
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
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