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Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar

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Jallianwala Bagh is a public garden of about 6.5 acres which is approached through a narrow walkway.  Here you’ll find assorted monuments and memorials to a tragic event, a sad episode while under British rule.  The events of this day were among those that began India’s march to independence.

On April 13, 1919 (which happened to be ‘Baisakhi’, one of Punjab’s largest religious festivals) thousands of people gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh to peacefully and non-violently protest the arrest of two community leaders, despite a curfew being in effect.  On the order of General Reginald Dyer (who later claimed he was facing a revolutionary army), and without any warning, 50 British troops fired about 1650 rounds on the crowd for ten …

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