Stern Reckoning: A Survey of the Events Leading Up to and Following the Partition of India |
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abduction and loot aided by police Amritsar areas armed arrived arson August August 15 Baluch Baluch soldiers Basti began Bengal Bihar British burnt Calcutta carried Chak communal Congress conversion and loot converted to Islam convoy dead bodies Deputy Commissioner Dera Dera Ghazi Khan desecration Direct Action Day District Magistrate disturbances evacuated girls were kidnapped Gurdwara Hindus and Sikhs hundred India injured Islam Jhang Jinnah Khan killed Lahore large number loot aided loot and arson loot and conversion looting and burning lorries Lyallpur mass conversion massacre Mian Channu Mianwali Ministry mob of Muslims Multan Murder and loot Muslim League Muslim military Muslim mob Muslim refugees Muzaffargarh neighbouring villages Noakhali North-West Frontier Province number of Muslims Officer Pakistan party passengers peace population raiders railway station raped Rawalpindi refugee camp riots Sardar September Sheikhupura shot Sialkot Singh Sub-Inspector Sub-Inspector of Police thousand told took town train trucks West Punjab women