. "1117140651"^^ . . . . . . "The Amko Simko massacre or Amco Simco firing took place on 25 April 1939, when Lt. E. W. Marger ordered troops of the British Indian Army to open fire on a crowd of tribal peasants resisting the arrest of their leader, Nirmal Munda in Simko village, Gangpur estate (now Birmitrapur, Sundergarh, Odisha). On Tuesday, 25 April 1939, a crowd of tribal peasants had gathered under the leadership of Nirmal Munda (a freedom fighter) at Amko-Simko field. The crowd was protesting high taxes and denied land rights. Rani Janaki arrived at Simko village with a political agent, Lieutenant E. W. Marger, with the sole intent to arrest Nirmal Munda on the grounds of holding seditious meetings and assaulting a village chowkidar. The crowd was warned to hand over their leader, Nirmal Munda, and disperse. However, the crowd of tribals armed with lathis, axes, and other crude weapons resisted the arrest of their leader. Consequently, scuffles broke out and the police resorted to firing their weapons. After they fired their weapons into the crowd, Nirmal Munda and his associates were arrested and jailed. This marked the end of the Munda agitation in Gangpur against the exorbitant taxes."@en . . . . . "To arrest tribal leader Nirmal Munda"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "1939-04-25"^^ . . . . "Amko Simko massacre"@en . "22465"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Rani Janaki Ratna, Lt. E. W. Marger"@en . . . . . "65043427"^^ . . . . . . . . "Amko Simko massacre"@en . . "49"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Amko Simko massacre or Amco Simco firing took place on 25 April 1939, when Lt. E. W. Marger ordered troops of the British Indian Army to open fire on a crowd of tribal peasants resisting the arrest of their leader, Nirmal Munda in Simko village, Gangpur estate (now Birmitrapur, Sundergarh, Odisha). After they fired their weapons into the crowd, Nirmal Munda and his associates were arrested and jailed. This marked the end of the Munda agitation in Gangpur against the exorbitant taxes."@en . . . . . "86"^^ . . . "Amko Simko Field, Simko Village, Sundargarh, Odisha"@en . . "Crowd of Tribal peasants protesting unfair taxes"@en . .