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Curfew was imposed, which confined Hindus and Sikhs to their houses while Muslims went about freely, setting fire with police help to Hindu and Sikh houses, killing and looting.

— Gurbachan Singh Talib Muslim League Attack on the Sikhs and Hindus in Punjab, 1947 (1950)

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