In southern India, a Hindu-Muslim crisis was averted shortly before the holiday when the Muslim trust in the town of Hubli agreed to raise the Indian national flag and hold a Republic Day ceremony on the ancient prayer ground that it owns.
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""'" Whoever in any public place or in any other place within public view burns, mutilates, defaces, defiles, disfigures, destroys, tramples upon or * otherwise shows disrespect to or brings into contempt ( whether by words, either spoken or written, or by acts ) the Indian National Flag or the Constitution of India or any part thereof, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both . " " "'
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To stop the protest and the flag hoist, the police started to rain severe blows on them; they lost their grip and were severely bruised however, they still continued to chant the slogans which further angered the police, though bleeding profusely, Thota Narasaiah Naidu took the Indian National Flag, while constantly chanting the slogans Mahatma Gandhi ki Jai, he climbed on top of the pillar and hoisted the flag, mean while large number of angered British police also started climbing the pillar and were continuously raining lathi blows on him and tried to pull him down and the Indian National Flag, Thota Narasaiah Naidu despite being attacked, continued to chant slogans, stood on top of the pillar holding the hoisted flag tight in his clutches.
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To stop the protest and the flag hoist, the police started to rain severe blows on them; they lost their grip and were severely bruised however, they still continued to chant the slogans which further angered the police, though bleeding profusely, Thota Narasaiah Naidu took the Indian National Flag, while constantly chanting the slogans Mahatma Gandhi ki Jai, he climbed on top of the pillar and hoisted the flag, mean while large number of angered British police also started climbing the pillar and were continuously raining lathi blows on him and tried to pull him down and the Indian National Flag, Thota Narasaiah Naidu despite being attacked, continued to chant slogans, stood on top of the pillar holding the hoisted flag tight in his clutches.
