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The Rodda company arms heist took place on 26th August 1914 in Calcutta, British India. Members of the Jugantar faction of the Bengali revolutionary organisation Anushilan Samiti intercepted a shipment of Mauser Pistols and ammunition belonging to Messrs Rodda & co., a Calcutta gun dealer, while these were enroute from the Customs house to the company's godown, and were able to make away with a portion the arms. The heist was a sensational incidence, being described by The Statesman as the "Greatest daylight robbery". In the following years, the pistols and ammunitions were linked to almost all the incidences of nationalist violence in Bengal. By 1922, the police had recovered most of the stolen arms.
References
- ^ The Statesman
- ^ Sarkar 1983, p. 147
- Sarkar, Sumit (1983), Modern India, 1885–1947, Delhi:Macmillan, ISBN 978-0-333-90425-1