Word: lathi
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...policeman whom they passed on their route snatched the flag out of the hands of the man carrying it and without further ado the police officer started hitting him repeatedly with a heavy lathi as hard as he could hit, on every part of his body, including many blows on his head. The man was knocked down, and became unconscious after a short time, but the rain of blows continued, even while he was lying maimed and helpless on the ground...
...have no doubt that lathi attacks [police canings] and shooting will lead us rapidly to our goal. They are training us ill to throw off the fear of Death...
...were ambulance men, stretcher bearers with red crosses on their arms. Next came the demonstrators for Independence, thousands of Hindus, scores of Sikhs. Then the police charged. All the Hindus seemed frightened-as well they might, being completely unarmed, knowing they would be beaten blue and blacker by police lathi (sticks)-but only a handful of the Hindus broke and ran, while not a Sikh stirred. Women, whom the police were ordered not to strike, rushed to try and put themselves in the way of blows. Correspondent Farson saw one woman hold up her baby and endeavor to secure...
...terrible," cabled Correspondent Farson. "I stood within five feet of the Sikh leader as he took the lathi blows. He was a short heavily muscled man, like one of the old Greek gods...
...injured in the hospitals must number several hundred, some seriously hurt from the wounds of lathi blows. No police were touched...