HC Deb 23 April 1923 vol 163 c50W
Sir J. HEWETT

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he can state the number of dakoities in Bengal, the United Provinces, and the Punjab, respectively, in 1913, and in each of the last five years?

Earl WINTERTON

The number of cases of dakoities reported in the three provinces in each year from 1913 to 1921 is as follows:

Bengal. United Provinces. Punjab.
1913 310 641 136
1914 356 821 128
1915 757 882 272
1916 592 923 110
1917 525 808 47
1918 690 2,017 65
1919 748 1,549 153
1920 611 759 143
1921 789 1,330 227
In 1922 there were 370 dakoities reported in the Punjab; the numbers in the other two provinces are not yet known in this country.

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