The Jallianwala Bagh massacre 103 years ago today (April 13, 1919).
13 April, 1919... the day which is marked on every Indian's mind and heart give an incurable burning pain. As India commemorates 101 years of ghostly incident in the history of pre-independence that took over 100 of lives, the residents of the sikh holy city, Amritsar, are yet to recover from unforgettable pain.
On 10th April, 1919 two nationalist leaders- Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satya Pal were arrested in Punjab under the in famous Rowlett act. On 13th April, 1919 people gathered in a small park in Amritsar which was called the Jallianwala Bagh, to protest against these arrests. the peaceful gathering was attended by men, women, and children.
General Dyer, a British military affair, stationed a regiment of soldiers at the only entrance of the park, declared the meeting illegal and without any warning ordered his soldiers to fire. The firing lasted for ten minutes, till all the ammunition was exhausted. more than a thousand people were killed and over twice that number wounded. The massacre was worth calling genocide and it stunned the entire country.
Simran
BMC-2nd
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