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Partition Riots
Keystone1946-08-24
Getty Images
New York, United States
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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