Coming to the case of General Dyer, it will be seen that he was removed from
his appointment by the Commander-in-Chief in India; that he was passed over
by the Selection Board in India for promotion; that
he was informed that there
was no prospect of further employment for him under the Government of India;
and it was recommended that he should be retired from the Army.
From a speech made by the Minister for War in the British parliament
in 1920.
Q. According to this source what happened to General Dyer after Amritsar?
Answers
Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, CB (9 October 1864 – 23 July 1927) was an officer of the Bengal Army and later the newly constituted Indian Army. His military career began serving briefly in the regular British Army before transferring to serve with the Presidency armies of India. As a temporary brigadier-general he was responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar (in the province of Punjab). He has been called "the Butcher of Amritsar",[1] because of his order to fire on a peaceful crowd. The official report stated that this resulted in the killing of at least 379 people and the injuring of over a thousand more.[2] Some submissions to the official inquiry suggested a higher number of deaths.[3]
Subsequently Dyer was removed from duty and widely condemned both in Britain and India, but he became a celebrated hero among some with connections to the British Raj.[4] Some historians argue the episode was a decisive step towards the end of British rule in India.[5]