The British government rejects those pleas and…
1924 CE to 1935 CE
of the 1930s.
These proposals arouse dismay and discontent on Cyprus and result in mass protests and mob violence in October 1931.
A riot results in the death of six civilians, injuries and wounds to scores of others, and the burning of the British Government House in Nicosia.
Before it is quelled, incidents had occurred in a third of the island's five hundred and ninety-eight villages.
In ensuing court cases, some two thousand persons are convicted of crimes in connection with
the violence.