HC Deb 28 May 1919 vol 116 c1184
3. Colonel WEDGWOOD

asked the Secretary of State for India whether he can yet give the total civilian casualties in the recent Indian riots in Delhi, in the Punjab, and elsewhere, specifying whether men, women, or children?

Mr. MONTAGU

I have not received final figures, but I understand that the total number of deaths in the Punjab, Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Calcutta, is estimated at about 400, and the number of injured at about the same number. Eight or nine Europeans were murdered. The damage done by rioters in the Punjab may amount to something not far short of £1,000,000.

Colonel WEDGWOOD

Are we to understand that most of these casualties and most of the damage took place in the Punjab under the Governorship of Sir Michael O'Dwyer?

Mr. MONTAGU

Most of the disturbances occurred in the Punjab.