describe the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
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ᴛʜᴇ ᴊᴀʟʟɪᴀɴᴡᴀʟᴀ ʙᴀɢʜ ᴍᴀssᴀᴄʀᴇ, ᴀʟsᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴍʀɪᴛsᴀʀ ᴍᴀssᴀᴄʀᴇ, ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ᴏɴ 13 ᴀᴘʀɪʟ 1919, ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀᴄᴛɪɴɢ ʙʀɪɢᴀᴅɪᴇʀ-ɢᴇɴᴇʀᴀʟ ʀᴇɢɪɴᴀʟᴅ ᴅʏᴇʀ ᴏʀᴅᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴛʀᴏᴏᴘs ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀɪᴛɪsʜ ɪɴᴅɪᴀɴ ᴀʀᴍʏ ᴛᴏ ғɪʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ʀɪғʟᴇs ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ ᴄʀᴏᴡᴅ ᴏғ ᴜɴᴀʀᴍᴇᴅ ɪɴᴅɪᴀɴ ᴄɪᴠɪʟɪᴀɴs[3] ɪɴ ᴊᴀʟʟɪᴀɴᴡᴀʟᴀ ʙᴀɢʜ, ᴀᴍʀɪᴛsᴀʀ, ᴘᴜɴᴊᴀʙ, ᴋɪʟʟɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ʟᴇᴀsᴛ 379 ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴᴊᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴏᴠᴇʀ 1,200 ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ.
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The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919, when Acting Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer ordered troops of the British Indian Army to fire their rifles into a crowd of unarmed Indian civilians[3] in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab, killing at least 379 people and injuring over 1,200 other people
The massacre caused a re-evaluation by the British Army of its military role against civilians to minimal force whenever possible.
The demonstration was to demand the release of two popular leaders of the Indian Independence Movement, Satya Pal and Saifuddin Kitchlew, who had been earlier arrested by the government and moved to a secret location. Both were proponents of the Satyagraha movement led by Gandhi.
102 years
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, in which several hundreds of people were killed on this day in 1919 as a result of indiscriminate firing by the colonial forces, completed 102 years on a Tuesday.