Question

What was General Dyer's role in this incident.

Answer 1

General Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer CB was an officer of the British Indian Army who, as a temporary brigadier-general, was responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar. He enacted the Martial Law and ordered open fire on the public that had gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh on April 13, 1919.

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 in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab, killing at least 379 people and injuring over 1,200 other people.