It was a genocide. It was a killing of UNARMED ordinary Indians. To throw some <still lve> bodies in the well... its unthinkable. A brit. journalist sent a tegramme to UK...its the end of British colonialism.
Amritsar
In Amritsar, over 5,000 people gathered at Jallianwala Bagh.
Jallianwala Bagh took place in a time when the British had nearly full control of India. This was ina Punjabi town called Amritsar. The British had said that if any big meetings form to overthrow the British, they would come and do horrible things. In Jallianwala Bagh's case this took place in a sacred place to the Punjab called Jallianwala Bagh. It had only one narrow entrance and a well. A meeting was formed there by the Punjabs. The Punjabs were caught by the British. The British open fired and killed atleast 100 people. This was known as the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Later, Jallianwala Bagh became known as the synonym of a massacre.
general dyre
It occur in Amritsar on 13 April 1919 * 13 April is celebrated as Besakhi the festival in Punjab every year..
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on April 13, 1919, in Amritsar, India. British troops fired on a crowd of unarmed Indian civilians who had gathered for a peaceful protest, resulting in hundreds of deaths and thousands injured. This event fueled greater nationalist sentiment and opposition to British rule in India.
knighthood
Amritsar, Punjab, was the site of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. This took place on April 13, 1919, when Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer ordered an attack on a non-violent protest.
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Rabindranath Tagore.
general reginald dwyers massacre of hundreds of innocent unarmed men, women and children celebrating a festival
General Dyer ordered fire at Jallianwala Bagh. Micheal Odwyer (Viceroy) ordered him to do so.
Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood in 1919 in protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar, where British troops killed hundreds of unarmed Indian civilians. He felt that the British government's actions went against his beliefs in humanity and freedom, leading him to return the title of 'Sir.'