Martyr's Well
Jallian Wala Bagh is a place where one of the most notorious massacre under British rule happened.
It is 400 meters north of the Golden Temple in Amritsar (Punjab).
The British General Dyer was the Lieutenant Governor of the province in 1919.
He banned all meetings and demonstrations led by Indians against the economical set back by World War I.
On the afternoon of April 13, 1919, some 10,000 or more unarmed men, women, and children gathered in Amritsar's Jallianwala Bagh (bagh, “garden”; but before 1919 it had become a public square) to attend a protest meeting, despite a ban on public assemblies.
It was a Sunday, and many neighbouring village peasants also came to Amritsar to celebrate the Hindu Baisakhi festival.
Dyer positioned his men at the sole, narrow passageway of the Bagh, which was otherwise entirely enclosed by the backs of abutted brick buildings.
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.
It resulted in the death of about two thousand people who were Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims.
India was outraged by Dyer's massacre.
Gandhiji, called for a nation wide strike and started the Non-cooperation Movement, which became an important mile stone in the struggle for India's Independence.
This image shows a well which is located on the north side of the memorial in which many people who tried to escape from the bullets were drowned, and remnants of walls have been preserved to show the bullet holes.
Trying to remember those Martyrs might help that such a monstrous event never happens again not only in india but anywhere else, this is the legacy that History leaves to us.
Join the photographer at www.facebook.com/laurent.goldstein.photography
© All photographs are copyrighted and all rights reserved.
Please do not use any photographs without permission (even for private use).
The use of any work without consent of the artist is PROHIBITED and will lead automatically to consequences.
Martyr's Well
Jallian Wala Bagh is a place where one of the most notorious massacre under British rule happened.
It is 400 meters north of the Golden Temple in Amritsar (Punjab).
The British General Dyer was the Lieutenant Governor of the province in 1919.
He banned all meetings and demonstrations led by Indians against the economical set back by World War I.
On the afternoon of April 13, 1919, some 10,000 or more unarmed men, women, and children gathered in Amritsar's Jallianwala Bagh (bagh, “garden”; but before 1919 it had become a public square) to attend a protest meeting, despite a ban on public assemblies.
It was a Sunday, and many neighbouring village peasants also came to Amritsar to celebrate the Hindu Baisakhi festival.
Dyer positioned his men at the sole, narrow passageway of the Bagh, which was otherwise entirely enclosed by the backs of abutted brick buildings.
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.
It resulted in the death of about two thousand people who were Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims.
India was outraged by Dyer's massacre.
Gandhiji, called for a nation wide strike and started the Non-cooperation Movement, which became an important mile stone in the struggle for India's Independence.
This image shows a well which is located on the north side of the memorial in which many people who tried to escape from the bullets were drowned, and remnants of walls have been preserved to show the bullet holes.
Trying to remember those Martyrs might help that such a monstrous event never happens again not only in india but anywhere else, this is the legacy that History leaves to us.
Join the photographer at www.facebook.com/laurent.goldstein.photography
© All photographs are copyrighted and all rights reserved.
Please do not use any photographs without permission (even for private use).
The use of any work without consent of the artist is PROHIBITED and will lead automatically to consequences.