100 year tribute to all martyers...........................
Answers
Answer:
Jallianwala Bagh
In 1919, the British government passed the Rowlatt Act, which was and extremely repressive measure. This Act authorised the government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law. Gandhi started ‘satyagraha’ and called for a countrywide passive resistance movement in protest against the Act.
To put down this movement, the government decided to meet the protest with repression, particularly in Punjab, under its Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Michael O’ Dyer. At the same time, two prominent leaders, Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlu and Dr. Satyapal, were arrested in Punjab. In protest against these arrests, an unarmed and defenseless crowd gathered on 13 April 1919 in Jallianwala Bagh at Amritsar.
Under the orders of General R.E.H. Dyer, British troops surrounded the Bagh, closed the only exit and mercilessly fired on the peaceful gathering. Thousands were killed and wounded. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre was indeed a dark tragedy.
After this massacre, martial law was proclaimed in Punjab and people were submitted to the most inhuman atrocities and humiliating punishments. There were indiscriminate arrests, confiscation of property, floggings and whippings and cutting off of water and electric supplies.
All these outrages shocked the people of India and raised a strong wave of discontent throughout the country. Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood in protest against the Punjab tragedy. Congress boycotted the special committee headed by Lord Hunter to enquire into the killings. When Gandhi came to know about the atrocities in Punjab, he decided to break off his relations with the British, and started a non-violent campaign of non-cooperation against the British government.
Answer:
Jallianwala Bagh
In 1919, the British government passed the Rowlatt Act, which was and extremely repressive measure. This Act authorised the government to imprison any person without trial and conviction in a court of law. Gandhi started ‘satyagraha’ and called for a countrywide passive resistance movement in protest against the Act.
To put down this movement, the government decided to meet the protest with repression, particularly in Punjab, under its Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Michael O’ Dyer. At the same time, two prominent leaders, Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlu and Dr. Satyapal, were arrested in Punjab. In protest against these arrests, an unarmed and defenseless crowd gathered on 13 April 1919 in Jallianwala Bagh at Amritsar.
Explanation: