Dec 30,2007 From http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=4&id=210108&usrsess=1 100 years ago today News Item SCHOOL GIRLS' FIGHT A Remarkable Street Scene Bow Bazar Street, on Tuesday afternoon, was the scene of no little excitement over a fight among a party of about a dozen Eurasian girls between the ages of about 14 to 16 years. But for the prompt action taken by the police, the consequences might have been serious. The girls were pupils of one of the Anglo-Indian schools in the locality and had attended the prize-giving ceremony, held that day, attired in smart dresses. At the close of the function, while the gathering was dispersing, some of the girls passed some ugly remarks about another girl of West Indian parentage. A quarrel followed and the girls, about a dozen in number, were soon engaged in a general melee. Fisticuffs and kicks and hair pulling were freely indulged in. Hats were flung about in all directions and many of the smart frocks of the young combatants were torn into shreds to the accompaniment of volleys of violent language. An immense crowd of spectators assembled on the scene and appeared not a little astonished at the singular pugilistic exhibition. The fight lasted for about ten minutes, during which the tram car and other vehicular traffic was practically held up. Superintendent Merriman, accompanied by Inspector Cooper, on receipt of the news, hastened to the scene, when some of the combatants made verbal complaints and expressed their determination to continue the fight. On Mr Merriman threatening to lock them up, the girls dispersed. ============================= ----- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar Nagpur, India