Item 2 - Telegram from Lord Chelmsford to Edwin Montagu

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MONT II/A/2/17/2

Title

Telegram from Lord Chelmsford to Edwin Montagu

Date(s)

  • 3 Sept. 1919 (Creation)

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Martial law is no longer in force anywhere in the Punjab, but the Seditious Meetings Act is in force in certain districts. Only two cases of punishment are pending, both in Ordinary Courts. Local Government has finished reviewing the sentences passed byread more

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