Partition Riots

Keystone1946-08-24

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Calcutta policemen use tear gas bombs during the communal riots in the city. The communal riots lasted 5 days; at least 2,000 were killed, and over 4,000 injured. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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Title: Partition Riots
Creator: Keystone
Date Created: 1946-08-24
Provenance: Hulton Archive
Subject Keywords: Used, Destruction, Danger, City, Sharing, Conflict, Horizontal, Black And White, War, India, Crowd, Police Officer, Exploding, City Street, Street, Smoke, Violence, Politics, Kolkata, Bombing, Explosive, Tear Gas, Riot, Government, 1940-1949
Collection ID: 60
Collection: Hulton Archive
Artist Title: Staff

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