essay on Jallianwala Bagh
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Explanation:
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre that occurred on 13th April 1919 was a new precedent on Barbarism, constituted by an oppressive ideology of the British Indian government.
I wake of some protests; the British government had imposed Martial Law in Amritsar, Punjab. The law prohibited public gatherings and movements from one place to another. However, the warning wasn’t conveyed to the masses on time, causing a large number of people gathering for the annual Baisakhi fair, on 13th April. But, the local administration cleared off the area, forcing the visitors to move away. Many of them went to the Golden Temple while others headed to Jallianwala Bagh as it was the only large ground available and the rest of the city was under martial law.
This irked a British Brigadier General named Reginald Dyer, ordered his troop to fire indiscriminately at the people gathered inside the Jallianwala Bagh. The only main exit which also worked as an exit was blocked by the Dyer. All the other exit gates were too narrow and were also closed. Poor people had nowhere to go and around 500 to 600 were shot dead and thousands were injured, many critically injured.
Conclusion
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre was the most barbaric and well thought out cold blood mass murder of innocent Indians on Indian soil. Nothing could have ever justified such atrocity on innocent and unarmed civilians and the day is the darkest day in India’s freedom struggle.
The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre is a mass murder of innocent and unarmed Indians by the hands of the British government. This mass murder occurred on the 13th of Apri, 1919. It was considered one of the darkest days in the history of the freedom struggle of the country. The Massacre that took the lives of the citizens was the result of the acting Brigadier General named Reginald Dyer.
On April 13th, a Martial Law passed, which prohibited the public from moving around and having a mass gathering. There was a fair which was happening on the occasion of Baishakhi. The visitors didn’t get the warning of the law, and the local authorities moved them out of the fair—half of the visitors left to visit the Golden Temple, and the rest gathered in Jallianwala Bagh.
The British General Dyer got the news, and he ordered his troops to shoot indiscriminately at the gathering. There was one working exit at Jallianwala Bagh, which was blocked out by the General. Hundreds of innocent people lost their lives in this Massacre. The people gathered there were unarmed men, women, and children. After the Massacre, the General left for his contingency, and there was no attempt by the government to rescue any of the victims.