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Description	Calcutta Dead Hindu - The death toll during communal riots in Calcutta, India, rose to over 2,000, with 4,000 injured. A Hindu corpse is surrounded by Muslims armed with Lathis, a lethal weapon in trained hands. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
Source	Getty Images
Date	Aug 1946
Author	Hulton Archive(Keystone/Staff)
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current	23:03, 23 March 2008	157×170 (7 KB)	Sumanch (Talk \| contribs)	(== Summary == {{Information \|Description= Dead Hindu - The death toll during communal riots in Calcutta, India, rose to over 2,000, with 4,000 injured. A Hindu corpse is surrounded by Muslims armed with Lathis, a lethal weapon in trained hands. (Photo by )