A tribute to Jallianwala Bagh massacre victims. We shall not forget.The Jallianwala Bagh massacre also known as the Amritsar massacre took place on 13 April 1919 under the order of General Dyer. Hundreds lost their lives as the General gave the orders to open fire. It was one of the worst acts of oppression that the British government carried out . Even higher authority didn’t spare words to shun this heinous act . On this day let allow youngsters to know their past . It’s not easy to lay down one’s life in the service of nation. Every innocent child & adult who died on that day deserve our respect as they pushed the nation towards the freedom struggle.
Did You Know About These Facts of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre:
The incident took in an enclosed garden in Amritsar, Punjab and also known as Amritsar massacre.
Ahead of the above incident, an English missionary was attacked by angry mobs. The latter were protesting the arrest of two leaders of the independence movement.
It forced Acting Brigadier Reginald Dyer to impose Martian Law. No public gathering was allowed but no public was not made aware of this fact.
People who entered the enclosed garden were celebrating Baisakhi– annual harvest festival– and were not part of any protest. Women and children were also part of the crowd.
As per reports, witnesses say no warning was given by the troops before opening the fire.
The enclosure had only one gate, which were covered by the British troops. This led to a large number of fatalities.
The Britishers did not stop firing till they ran out of ammunitions. They used rifles and two armoured cars with mounted machine guns.
A lot of people tried to escape guns by jumping into a well inside the garden and lost their lives.
Dyer was killed by a man called Uddham Singh–member of Gadar party– on March 13, 1940.
Rabindranath Tagore, who wrote the national anthem of India, renounced knighthood by Britishers due to the massacre.
Written By:
Swati Srivastava, Educationist
