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The lead of Wikipedia's article had in 2006 and early 2007 referenced the short two line entry on the "British raj" in the OED second edition 1989. In June 2008, when the OED entry was revised for the third edition, it had borrowed some of Wikipedia's words, in a paragraph is smaller print. This was noted in my post of 19 August 2008 on the Talk:British raj. It was noted then, and is being noted again now, not as a case of plagiarism (as the we had borrowed the OED's lead sentence as well, i.e. that the dependence is two-way), but as a source of pride, viz that Wikipedia had come of such age and reputation that even the OED had used our language almost verbatim in this instance. Fowler&fowler«Talk»10:48, 23 February 2021 (UTC)Reply
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Action needed- add new "Massacre" section:
Please add the following new "Massacre" section below the "Famine" section and above the "Education" section.
== Massacre of Indian civilians by British troops==
This is the list of civilian massacre of Indians, in most cases comprised of unarmed peaceful crowds, by the British colonial troops. Britain has never formally apologised for these massacres, but merely expressed "deep regret" in 2019 only for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Jallianwala Bagh massacre on 13 April 1919 at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in Punjab: Brigadier General R. E. H. Dyer's troops[1] massacred 379 to more than 1,500 unarmed peaceful civilians,[2] and wounded over 1,200 other Indian civilians.[3][4] The level of casual brutality, and lack of any accountability, stunned the entire nation,[5] resulting in a wrenching loss of faith of the general Indian public in the intentions of the United Kingdom.[6]
Munshiganj Raebareli massacre on 7 January 1921 at Munshiganj in Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh:[7] The official death toll of Indian farmers is shown minimal by the British historians whereas other estimates put the death toll in the hundreds,[7] causing the nearby Sai river turn red from the blood.[8]
Salanga massacre[9] on 27 January 1922 in Salanga bazaar in Raiganj Upazila in then-Bengal province & present-day Bangladesh:[10] The police opened fire killing hundreds,[11] deathtoll ranged from 1,500 to 4,500 people.[12] A mass graveyard remains near Salanga Bazar at Rahmatganj,[12] where Salanga Day is commemorated annually on 27 January in the memory of victims.[9]
Takkar massacre on 28 May 1930 at Takkar in Mardan tehsil in North-West Frontier Province of British India: When local villagers attempted to stop soldiers from arresting freedom fighter activists of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement, in the ensuing shooting an English police officer called Murphy was killed, three days later, a large force of British colonial troops attacked the village in retaliation,[16] killing 70 and wounding another 150 people in the massacre. A monument has been built in the memory of victims.[17]
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New section titled "Massacre" created with condensed snd rephrased content taken from the wikilinked articles as permissible under the Wikipedia guidelines. Thank you. 220.255.242.109 (talk) 06:25, 12 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
Partly done: Thanks for compiling this! I added the section, but ommitted "Britain has never formally apologised for these massacres, but merely expressed "deep regret" in 2019 only for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre." Please provide a reliable source for this claim. Thanks. —Of the universe (say hello) 13:35, 21 February 2024 (UTC)Reply
^"Residents remember Takkar martyrs of 1930.A monument has been built in order to praise the martyrs of the Takkar massacre", The News - Jang group, 29 May 2010.
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Add: 'At the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on 13 April 1919' before 'Brigadier General R.E.H. Dyer's troops...', in the section Massacre of Indian civilians by British troops 108.35.46.14 (talk) 22:51, 15 June 2024 (UTC)Reply