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The Jallianwala Bagh, near the Golden Temple, is a memorial park (established in 1951) honouring those unarmed civilians who were killed without warning by British troops under the command of Brigadier-General Dyer in April 1919 while demonstrating peacefully against the repressive Rowlatt Act (which allowed the British to imprison anyone suspected of sedition). The official death toll was put at 379, though some sources claim that as many as 2,000 people died. It was undoubtedly one of the most shameful acts committed during the period of British rule in India and strengthened the resolve of those struggling to secure India's independence. At the centre of the park is this red brick cenotaph, intended to represent a flame.
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The Jallianwala Bagh, near the Golden Temple, is a memorial park (established in 1951) honouring those unarmed civilians who were killed without warning by British troops under the command of Brigadier-General Dyer in April 1919 while demonstrating peacefully against the repressive Rowlatt Act (which allowed the British to imprison anyone suspected of sedition). The official death toll was put at 379, though some sources claim that as many as 2,000 people died. It was undoubtedly one of the most shameful acts committed during the period of British rule in India and strengthened the resolve of those struggling to secure India's independence. Many of the demonstrators in desperation to escape the bullets threw themselves into this well, where they perished.
The well inside the Jallianwala Bagh designated as the Martyrs Well in
which people jumped after the notorious English General Dyer resorted to indiscriminate firing on the crowd that had assembled to protest against Rowlatt Act
on 13 April 1919.
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This is the place where on April 13, 1919, British Indian Army soldiers under the command of Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer opened fire on an unarmed gathering of men, women and children. The firing lasted about 10 minutes and 1650 rounds were fired.The Jallianwala Bagh was bounded on all sides by houses and buildings and had few narrow entrances, most of which were kept permanently locked.As a result of the firing, hundreds of people were killed and thousands were injured. Official records put the figures at 379 killed (337 men, 41 boys and a six-week-old baby) and 200 injured, though the actual figure is hotly disputed to this day. The wounded could not be moved from where they had fallen, as a curfew had been declared.
Dyer was called to appear before the Hunter Commission and his response was :
"I think it quite possible that I could have dispersed the crowd without firing but they would have come back again and laughed, and I would have made, what I consider, a fool of myself."
He confessed that he did not take any steps to tend to the wounded after the firing. "Certainly not. It was not my job. Hospitals were open and they could have gone there," was his response
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Memorial. This is the site where the British army under the command of genreal Dyer opened fire and massacred hundreds of unarmed Sikhs on April 13, 1919.
Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Volume 17, Facing Page 168. Published by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India with the kind permission of the Navajivan Trust, Ahmedabad.
The Jallianwala Bagh, near the Golden Temple, is a memorial park (established in 1951) honouring those unarmed civilians who were killed without warning by British troops under the command of Brigadier-General Dyer in April 1919 while demonstrating peacefully against the repressive Rowlatt Act (which allowed the British to imprison anyone suspected of sedition). The official death toll was put at 379, though some sources claim that as many as 2,000 people died. It was undoubtedly one of the most shameful acts committed during the period of British rule in India and strengthened the resolve of those struggling to secure India's independence. This wall at the back of the garden shows the marks left by bullets, outlined in chalk.
Jallianwala Bagh (Punjabi: ਜਲ੍ਹਿਆਂਵਾਲਾ ਬਾਗ਼, Hindi: जलियांवाला बाग़) is a public garden in Amritsar in the Punjab province of India, and houses a memorial of national importance, established in 1951 to commemorate the murder of peaceful celebrators on the occasion of the Punjabi New Year on April 13, 1919 in the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. Official British Raj sources placed the fatalities at 379, and with 1100 wounded.[1] Civil Surgeon Dr. Smith indicated that there were 1,526 casualties.[2] The true figures of fatalities are unknown, but are likely to be higher than the official figure of 379.