Owing to the recent communal riots in Calcutta much nervousness was felt at the approach of Bahr-Id of the Mahommedans _and the city was full of ominous rumours of further clashes between Moslems and Hindas which it was expected would take place. Nothing happened however, although trouble was very nearly caused by the killing of a cow by Mahommedans as sacrifice in the courtyard of a mosque which happens to be in the vicinity of a Sikh temple.—Qrder, however, was preserved by the po: lice and the Imam of the mosque will probably be prosecuted as this articular mosque is one where the slaughter of cows is prohibited by' the Government. In Allahabad the festival did' not pass off 0 peacefully: a riot took place over the sacrifice of some cows with the result that ten Moslems were in-Jured and one killed. An even more serious outbreak occurred in Delhi which apparently arose out of an accident, a tuna-away tonga belonging to a' Mahommedan chs ing into a crowd of Hindus, There upon a fight ensued, brickbats began to fly, lathes were freely used. and matters became so serious that it became necessary to call out the /military who soon pat an end to the disorder though not before 55 persons had been wounded—nd three or four killed
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