Write a short note on general dyer.
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Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer ( 9 October 1864 – 23 July 1927) was an officer of the British Indian Army who, as a temporarybrigadier-general, was responsible for theJallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar (in the province of Punjab).
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The petition, printed in the Times of India (ToI) on July 20, 1920, is startling. It calls on the British prime minister: “To exert your influence to the end that General Dyer shall be exonerated from all blame and shall suffer no loss pecuniarily or in military rank.”
This was more than a year after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of April 13, 1919. In the immediate aftermath, Dyer had many defenders. British Indian officials felt obliged to support him as a matter of policy and few wanted to criticise an army officer.