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Baton charge, the Glossary

A baton charge is a coordinated tactic for dispersing crowds of people, usually used by police, paramilitary or military in response to public disorder.^[1]

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia.

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Baton (law enforcement)

A baton (also truncheon, nightstick, billy club, billystick, cosh, lathi, or simply stick) is a roughly cylindrical club made of wood, rubber, plastic, or metal.

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Hindi

Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian subcontinent

The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.

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Lala Lajpat Rai

Lala Lajpat Rai (28 January 1865 — 17 November 1928) was an Indian revolutionary, politician, and author, popularly known as Punjab Kesari.

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Lathi (stick)

The lathi (in Hindi/Nepali: लाठी, Tamil: லத்தி, Bengali: লাঠি, Urdu: لاٹھی, Sinhalese: ලති) is a bamboo stick used by the police in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

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Lathi khela

Lathi khela (লাঠি খেলা) is a traditional Bengali martial art – a kind of stick fighting practiced in Bangladesh.

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Law enforcement in India

Law enforcement in India is imperative to keep justice and order in the nation.

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Mass media in India consists of several different means of communication: television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet-based websites/portals.

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Mass media in Pakistan (ذرائع ابلاغِ عوامی ، پاکستان) provides information on television, radio, cinema, newspapers, and magazines in Pakistan.

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Military

A military, also known collectively as an armed forces, are a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare.

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Nepal

Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.

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Nepali language

Nepali is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Himalayas region of South Asia.

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Pain compliance

Pain compliance is the use of painful stimulus to control or direct an organism.

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Paramilitary

A paramilitary is a military that is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces.

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Police

The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state with the aim of enforcing the law and protecting the public order as well as the public itself.

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Police brutality

Police brutality is the excessive and unwarranted use of force by law enforcement against an individual or a group.

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Police officer

A police officer (also called a policeman (male) or policewoman (female), a cop, an officer, or less commonly a constable) is a warranted law employee of a police force.

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Protest

A protest (also called a demonstration, remonstration, or remonstrance) is a public expression of objection, disapproval, or dissent towards an idea or action, typically a political one.

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Riot control measures are used by law enforcement, military, paramilitary or security forces to control, disperse, and arrest people who are involved in a riot, unlawful demonstration or unlawful protest. Baton charge and riot control are riots.

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Riot shield

A riot shield is a lightweight protection device, typically deployed by police and some military organizations, though also utilized by protestors.

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Snatch squad

The term "snatch squad" refers to two tactics used by police in riot control and crowd control. Baton charge and Snatch squad are crowd control and law enforcement stubs.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

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The Times of India

The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.

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Urdu

Urdu (اُردُو) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_charge

Also known as Batoncharge, Batoncharging, Cane charge, Lathi charge, Lathicharge.