Jallianwala Bagh

Jallianwala Bagh

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, Jallianwala also spelled Jallianwala, also called Massacre of Amritsar, incident on April 13, 1919, in which British Brigadier General R.E.H. Dyer fired on a large crowd of unarmed Indians in an open space known as the Jallianwala Bagh.

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre that occurred on the site on the festival of Baisakhi.

Statue of Martyr Sardar Udham Singh

On 13 April 1919, people gathered at Jallianwala Bagh (Amritsar) to protest against the arrest of the two nationalist leaders, Satya Pal , Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew and Rowlatt Act. (Rowlatt act means that imprisonment without trial and judicial review).

General Dyer

A British military officer, General Dyer, entered the park with his troops (unit of soldiers). Without even giving a warning to the people to disperse, he ordered his troops to fire at the unarmed crowd for ten minutes.

Main Entrance in 1919

The entrance to Jallianwala Bagh is via a narrow passage, the same passage that was the only entry and exit point at the time of the massacre and the same route that General Dyer and his troops took to reach the grounds.

In those ten minutes, according to the estimates of the congress, about a thousand persons were killed and about 2000 wounded.

The Jallianwala Bagh could only be exited on one side, as its other three sides were enclosed by buildings. After blocking the exit with his troops, he ordered them to shoot at the crowd.

Inside view of well Martyrs well

On Sunday, 13 April 1919, Dyer, banned all meetings. This notice was not widely spread and many villagers gathered in the Bagh to celebrate the important Sikh and Hindu festival of Baisakhi and peacefully protest against the arrest of two national leaders, Satyapal and Saifuddin Kitchlew.

Thousands of Indians had gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh.

The Bagh was an open area of six to seven acres, roughly 200 yards by 200 yards in size, and surrounded on all sides by walls roughly 10 feet in height.

Colonel Dyer arrived at the Bagh with a group of 50 soldiers. Dyer, without warning the crowd to disperse, blocked the main exits. Dyer ordered his soldiers to begin shooting. A number of people died by jumping into the solitary well on the compound to escape the shooting.

120 bodies were removed from the well

Some are the pictures of bullets that hit on the walls of the Jallianwala Bagh