Ram DEV - Hindu; 70+; in Lahore working for Punjab Univ in spring of 1947 when arrested and detained for involvement in rioting; sent to Amritsar several months later - after partition - as part of an exchange of prisoners; interviewed at his home in Chandigarh on 17 Mar 97 IN HINDI 267 - Feb/March the ms attacked at Chavni Gate [?], a big market/indl area in Lahore; set fire to it; it was the first time in the history of Punj that the Hs got together; in 2nd week of March, Hs att'd a M area of Rajghar; 'I was one of them' 285 - I was not part of the attack, but I know all about it; when they were attacking, my duty was diff't; my duty was to take care of all the girls in Lahore colleges whose parents were unknown, and look after them; ... girls were from NWFP, and not in a posn to go back home ... 305 - this was to save them from retal'n; the place the girls were in was surrounded on three sides by Ms; I was on duty for many days, but one day I was warned that the attack wd happen 315 - most of the boys in the hostel were in the RSS - there was no other group; even I was a part of the RSS 327 - in area attacked, a lot of milkmen and wooden sheds, and a lot of haystacks; there were 00s of tons of wood; someone threw kerosense, someone threw a bomb, it was set on fire and for 20 miles you cd see the smoke; there were 00s of 000s of buffalo there, the entire milk supply of Lahore came from there; it was a milkmen's colony - all Ms 335 - the attack had a lot of effect - for the first time, they realised that Hs cd attack ... they arrested 5/600 H boys ... any H boy who was young was arrested 345 - there was not much loss of life; a few people got injured; ... the women wre not touched; they were not prof criminals, they were just students, shopkeepers; someone threw kerosene, someone threw a match, the ainjvas to start a fire; they took one or two guns, a hundred swords 365 - there was no trad of fighting or killing in my family,