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1932 Bombay, India race riot... Muslims & Hindus...
1932 Bombay, India race riot... Muslims & Hindus...
Item # 721807
May 17, 1932
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, May 17, 1932
* Mumbai (Bombay), India race riots
* Muslims vs. Hindus groups
The front page has a one column heading: "64 Are Killed in India race Riot; 650 Hurt" (see images)
Complete with 30 pages, rag edition in great condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.
background: The May 17, 1932 Bombay riot occurred during a period of intense communal and political tension in British India, as economic hardship from the Depression and growing nationalist agitation strained relations among communities. On that day, violence broke out in Bombay (now Mumbai) following clashes triggered by sectarian disputes that had been building for weeks, particularly between Hindu and Muslim groups in crowded neighborhoods such as Pydhonie and Bhendi Bazaar. What began as a street altercation rapidly escalated into larger mob confrontations, leading to arson, looting of shops, and attacks on passersby. British colonial police responded with lathi charges and gunfire in some areas in an effort to restore order, causing additional casualties. By the end of the disturbance—one of several communal outbursts in the city during the early 1930s—dozens were injured, a number of people were killed, and the episode underscored how fragile Bombay’s communal relations had become amid the pressures of political mobilization, economic distress, and the increasingly repressive posture of the colonial government.
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