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Describe the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.
Solution
- To protest against the Rowlatt Act and the arrest of the two prominent local leaders Dr. Saifuddin kitchlew and Dr. Sathyapal at Amritsar a public meeting was arranged on 13th April 1919 at Jallianwalla Bagh in Amritsar.
- Thousands of villagers assembled there.
- General Dyer heard about the gathering, surrounded the place with his troops and an armoured vehicle.
- The only entrance to the park was blocked.
- without any warning, firing took place for ten minutes till the troops ran out of ammunition.
- Nearly 379 were killed and more than thousands injured due to stampede.
- After this incident martial law was declared in Punjab especially in Amritsar.
- The brutality enraged Indians. This incident made Rabindranath Tagore and Gandhi to renounce and surrender their titles and medal.
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