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INDIAN MAHARAJAH HAS TROUBLE WITH PEASANTS
— By Telegraph— Copyrlght)
Rec. Nov. 27, 6.30 p.m. Calcutta, Nov. 26. ' A serious situation has arisen in Alwar State Central India, where peasants of 100 villages refused to pay land revenue to the Maharajah. The resisters, including hundreds who served in the great war, armed themselves with ancient rifles and muslcets, destroyed roads and barricaded passes leading to their villages, defying the tax eolleetors. Alwar is one of the States of the Rajputana Agency. It has an area of 3,057 square miles and a population of 88,000.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 391, 28 November 1932, Page 5
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98REFUSE TO PAY Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 391, 28 November 1932, Page 5
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