The Day Deadly Prison Riot in Rangoon Jail Erupted irrawaddy.com

On this day in 1930, 34 inmates were killed and over 60 injured in a prison riot in Yangon (then Rangoon). As 400 prisoners rose against the rule of the Indian warden at Rangoon Central Jail at around 3 pm on June 24, 1930, the authorities began indiscriminately shooting inmates.