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- 5:45AM to 2:00PM (America/Port of Spain)
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Date: Sunday, 29th October 2017
What is the walk all about?
THE JAHAJI Massacre, also known as the Hosay riots, took place on Thursday October 30, 1884 in San Fernando, when the British colonial authorities fired on participants in the annual Hosay procession.
At midday on October 25, 1884, the first procession of 6,000 was sighted approaching San Fernando reaching Cross Crossing about 2:30 pm and proceeded along to the entrance of Cipero Street. There the Indians were met by British troops under Major Bowles of the First North Staffordshire Regiment. The local magistrate, a Mr Child, read the Riot Act and when the crowd failed to disperse, Child then proceeded to order the police to fire upon the unarmed Indians. Two volleys of gunfire hit a stunned Indian crowd.
At the Mon Repos Junction of the Princes Town and Circular Roads a similar fate was to meet the Indians there. The procession was in sight about 3:30 pm. Captain Baker gave the order to fire a single volley of bullets after the Riot Act was read.
Nine people were reported killed and 100 wounded at Toll Gate (on the south side of the town), while others were injured at Mon Repos (on the eastern side of the town) and at Pointe-à-Pierre Road on the north. Indian historian Prabhu P Mohapatra suggests a higher figure of 22 dead, and over a hundred injured.
In commemoration of the end of the 133rd anniversary of this event, the Jahaji Massacre Committee 2017 invites all to join in a walk from Chaguanas to San Fernando on Sunday starting at 5:45am. The walk starts at the be Chaguanas Medical Associates and ends at Mon Repos Junction, San Fernando. Assembly will be at 5.45 am Sunday 30th October 2017.
The event is designed to:
a) bring awareness of Jahajee Massacre which took place On October 30, 1884
c) stimulate awareness and education of the History of TT
d) highlight sites of importance in the local landscape
e) highlight the sacrifices of the people in the making of TT
Venue: Balidan Tola, Mon Repos Junction, San Fernando.
This commemoration activities will constitute the following :
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