Things To know About Jallianwala Bagh Massacre + + + + + + + + +

The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre is one of the most brutal and gory events in India’s history that resulted in the death of about 1,000 people.

In the year 1919, the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre had occurred on the day of Baishakhi or Vaishaki, a major Punjabi festival, on April 13.

The incident took place in Jallianwala Bagh, an enclosed garden in Amritsar, Punjab. Hence the massacre is also called Amritsar Massacre.

Prior to the incident, an English missionary was attacked by angry mobs, protesting  arrest of two leaders of the independence movement. This led General Dyer to impose Mart

Under this proclamation, no public gathering was allowed. However, the public was not made aware of the same.

According to witnesses and other written records, no warning was given by the troops before firing.

The enclosure had only one opening, which the British troops had covered. This led to such high numbers of casualty.

Reportedly, the firing went on till they ran out of ammunition. Dyer came with Baluchi and Gorkha soldiers, who used rifles. Also, two armoured cars with mounted machine guns wer

Many tried to escape the guns and jumped into a well, which was inside the garden, to their deaths.

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