Where did the Amritsar Massacre occur?

Answer 1

"The incident in Jallian Wala Bagh was 'an extraordinary event, a monstrous event, an event which stands in singular and sinister isolation"...Winston Churchill

It started a few months after the end of the first world war when an Englishwoman, a missionary, reported that she had been molested on a street in the Punjab city of Amritsar. The Raj's local commander, Brigadier General Reginald Dyer, issued an order requiring all Indians using that street to crawl its length on their hands and knees. He also authorized the indiscriminate, public whipping of natives who came within lathi length of British policemen.

On April 13, 1919, a multitude of Punjabis gathered in Amritsar's Jallian wala Bagh as part of the Sikh Festival "Baisakhi fair" and to protest at these extraordinary measures. The throng, penned in a narrow space smaller than Trafalgar Square, had been peacefully listening to the testimony of victims when Dyer appeared at the head of a contingent of British troops. Giving no word of warning, he ordered 50 soldiers to fire into the gathering, and for 10 to 15 minutes 1,650 rounds of ammunition were unloaded into the screaming, terrified crowd, some of whom were trampled by those desperately trying to escape.

Answer 2

The Amritsar Massacre, also know as the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was a groundbreaking event in the British rule of the subcontinent. It took place on the 13th of April, 1919. In it, a crowd of non-violence protesters gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar. On the order of the Brigadier-General, Reginald Dyer, the garden gates were closed and firing on the crowds was ordered. This took place for 10 continuous minutes. In it around 1500 were injured and, 500 people died, according to the figures released by the British Government.

Answer 3

Amritsar, India