Back Vol d'armes de la société Rodda French ರೊಡ್ಡಾ ಕಂಪನಿಯ ಶಸ್ತ್ರಾಸ್ತ್ರ ಕಳ್ಳತನ Kannada റോഡാ കമ്പനിയുടെ ആയുധമോഷണസംഭവം Malayalam
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The Rodda company arms heist took place on 26 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 en route from the Customs house to the company's godown, and were able to make away with a portion the arms.[1][2] The heist was a sensational incident, being described by The Statesman as the "Greatest daylight robbery".[1] In the following years, the pistols and ammunitions were linked to almost all the incidences of nationalist struggles in Bengal. By 1922, the police had recovered most of the stolen arms.
- ^ a b "Kolkata's 'greatest daylight robbery' all but forgotten". The Statesman. 25 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016.
- ^ Sarkar 1983, p. 147 In Bengal, the revolutionaries achieved a major success in August 1914, when a large consignment of 50 Mauser pistols and 46,000 rounds of ammunition was appropriated by them from the Rodda firm in Calcutta through a sympathetic employee.