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The '''1973 Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary revolt''' was a mutiny by three Battalions of [[Uttar Pradesh]] [[Provincial Armed Constabulary#Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary|Provincial Armed Constabulary]] located in [[Bareilly]], [[Meerut]] and [[Agra]], in May 1973 in demand of better pay, work conditions, etc. The [[Indian Army|army]] was called in to control the mutiny, which resulted in about 30 policemen shot dead and other hundreds arrested and also brought great damages to the Indian army.<ref name="PI">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WIrLjQrgJGoC&pg=PA473 | title=The police in India | publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist | year=1997 | accessdate=2013-06-25 | author=M. B. Chande | pages=473| isbn=9788171566280 }}</ref><ref name="I:GPDN">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pSyRgcSQhuIC&q=Uttar+Pradesh+Provincial+Armed+Constabulary&pg=PT264 | title=India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation | publisher=Cengage Learning | year=2008 | accessdate=2013-06-25 |author1=Robert L. Hardgrave, Jr. |author2=Stanley A. Kochanek | isbn=978-0495007494 }}</ref> It led to the resignation of the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] ministry headed by [[Kamalapati Tripathi]].<ref name="THF:WI">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdamAi5UpQQC&pg=PA193 | title=Terrorism History and Facets: In the World and in India | publisher=Abhinav Publications | year=1985 | accessdate=2013-06-25 | author=N.S. Saksena | pages=193| isbn=9788170172017 }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1973 in India]]<br />
[[Category:1970s in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Law enforcement in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Police misconduct in India]]<br />
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh Police]]<br />
[[Category:Police strikes]]<br />
[[Category:Labour disputes in India]]<br />
[[Category:Mutinies]]<br />
[[Category:May 1973 in Asia]]<br />
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