Question

Write a short note on the jallianwala bagh massacre

Answer 1

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919 when troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer fired rifles into a crowd of Baishakhi pilgrims, who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab. The civilians, in the majority Sikhs, had assembled to participate in the annual Baisakhi celebrations, a religious and cultural festival for Punjabi people and also to condemn the arrest and deportation of two national leaders, Satya Pal and Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew. Coming from outside the city, many may have been unaware of the imposition of martial law some time earlier...

Answer 2

jalliwala bagh on Sunday 13th April 1919 it was a baisakhi festival a large crowd gatherers in the jalliwala bagh to protect against the arrested of the nationalist leaders by the British general dyer order his men to open fire in the crowd and hundreds people died