1973 Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary revolt

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The 1973 Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary revolt was a mutiny by three Battalions of Uttar Pradesh Provincial Armed Constabulary located in Bareilly, Meerut and Agra, in May 1973 in demand of better pay, work conditions, etc. The army was called in to control the mutiny, which resulted in about 30 policemen shot dead and other hundreds arrested and also brought great damages to the indian army.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WIrLjQrgJGoC&pg=PA473 | title=The police in India | publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist | year=1997 | accessdate=2013-06-25 | author=M. B. Chande | pages=473| isbn=9788171566280 }}{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pSyRgcSQhuIC&q=Uttar+Pradesh+Provincial+Armed+Constabulary&pg=PT264 | title=India: Government and Politics in a Developing Nation | publisher=Cengage Learning | year=2008 | accessdate=2013-06-25 |author1=Robert L. Hardgrave, Jr. |author2=Stanley A. Kochanek | isbn=978-0495007494 }} It led to the resignation of the Congress ministry headed by Kamalapati Tripathi.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdamAi5UpQQC&pg=PA193 | title=Terrorism History and Facets: In the World and in India | publisher=Abhinav Publications | year=1985 | accessdate=2013-06-25 | author=N.S. Saksena | pages=193| isbn=9788170172017 }}