Original sentence: In 1944, after a temporary government outpost was set up by an anthropologist-administrator, the Apatani came in contact with minimal government presence for the first time.The first contact with the Europeans occurred in 1897, when British officials came to stay in the valley for two days; six similar brief visits were later held between the 1920s and 1930s.The officer in charge retaliated by burning two of their villages.When a second but permanent outpost was constructed by the Assam Rifles in 1948, stationed there to protect the land, the Apatanis attacked
Edited sentence: However, when a second but permanent outpost was constructed by the Assam Rifles in 1948, stationed there to protect the land, the Apatanis attacked.In 1944, only after a temporary government outpost was set up by an anthropologist-administrator, did the Apatani come in contact with even a minimal government presence.The angry officer in charge retaliated by burning two of their villages.The first contact with the Europeans came only in 1897, when British officials came to stay in the valley for two days, and only six similar brief visits were later held between the 1920s and 1930s