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Jallianwala bagh massacre in amritsar?
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.
What happened in Amritsar in 1919?
hundreds of protesting Indians were shot by british troops.
How did the Amritsar massacre change Indians?
It made many of them angry and want to kill the culprit. But some fought for their independence after the even.
How did the Rowlatt Act affected India?
The Amritsar Massacre developed out of protests against the Rowlatt Act (a series of laws which allowed the British to imprison Indians without trial, and allowed the British to suppress certain news stories from being reported in newspapers.) The Amritsar Massacre lasted for about ten minutes, in which time 1650 rounds of ammunition were fired upon a gathering of unarmed men, women and children who were peacefully protesting the Rowlatt Act. Over 1000 people were killed, and 2000 wounded. Winston Churchill said of the event that "The Indians were packed together so that one bullet would drive through three or four bodies". To answer your question, such brutality and suppression turned millions of moderate Indians from supporters of the British Raj into nationalists who would never again trust the British.
What helped convince many Indians to rid themselves of there british rulers?
Mahatma Ghandi.A. The long marchB. The Amritsar MassacreC. The balfour declarationD.The pan-african congressThe answer is B. The Amritsar Massacre.By Dustin Wood
What happend in 1919 which changed millions of Indians from loyal british subjects into nationalists?
The so-called Massacre of Amritsar of April 13 of that year in which British troops opened fire on a crowd of 10,000 unarmed Indian protesters, killing almost 400 and wounding another 1,200. The massacre was followed up by the proclamation of martial law and a wave of arrests and public floggings of people found guilty of transgression of the rules under martial law. The British general responsible for both the massacre and the martial law proclamation was finally recalled to Britain but never punished, which in the eyes of many Indians was adding insult to injury.
Use the word massacre in a sentence?
The massacre was a bloody one.The Native Indians sided with the British because the revolutionaries tried to massacre them.There was pure massacre on the battlefield.
Why did nationalist feelings start to surface in India?
beacuse the work by the moderates were not liked by many leaders
What did Gandhi do in the Amritsar Massacre of 1920?
Gandhi didnt hear of the massacre until June. He took his actions After that. He supported the construction of two monuments in remembrance of the people that died (one of them was the well people had jumped in to try and save themselves). He then called upon for national satyagraha. This included his 'Non-Cooperation campaign'. He believed that the limited 351 British officials in India, could not manage to govern the 300, 000, 000 Indians living in India if they simply refused to cooperate. This campaign included the boycott of foreign goods, the spinning of cotton, and hartals. This worked for quite a while and for some time people thought the British were going to have to leave, but then some Indians started getting restless with the slow progress and violence started to break out. they mobbed some british officials into a flaming building till they were burnt to death. Because Gandhi's strongest moral was no-violence, he called off the campaign straight away.hope that helped...Essy.p.s the amritsar massacre was in 1919, not 1920. There was only one memorial built to honor those who passed on.
What was one major difference between French and British colonist in the Americas during the 1700?
French colonists generally had friendlier relations with the American Indians.
What is the reaction of gandhi after the amritsar massacre?
Gandhi felt so sorry. He prayed for the lost lives, Yet he was against armed upring. He sticked to his non-violance agenda.
What massacre marks the final defeat of the Indians in 1890?
Wounded Knee Massacre.
