1919 CE · political violence security
Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
On 13 April 1919, troops under Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer opened fire without warning on a large gathering at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar. Hundreds were killed and many more wounded. The massacre became one of the defining crises of British rule in India and provoked outrage across the country and abroad.
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