Question:-
What happened on 13April 1919 in Punjab?
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What happened on 13April 1919 in Punjab?
• On 10 April, two national leaders Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr Satyapal were
arrested in Punjab.
• On 13 April 1919, people gathered in a park in Amritsar, called Jallianwala Bagh, to
protest against these arrests.
• The peaceful gathering was attended by men, women and children.
• General Dyer, came to the park, blocked the only entrance to the park.
• He then ordered his men to open fire.
• Hundreds of people were killed and thousands were critically wounded.
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Answer:
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Jallianwala also spelled Jallianwalla, also called Massacre of Amritsar, incident on April 13, 1919, in which British troops fired on a large crowd of unarmed Indians in an open space known as the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in the Punjab region (now in Punjab state) of India, killing several hundred people and wounding many hundreds more. It marked a turning point in India’s modern history, in that it left a permanent scar on Indo-British relations and was the prelude to Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi’s full commitment to the cause of Indian nationalism and independence from Britain.