| 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