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The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919.A large crowd had gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab, British India, during the annual Baisakhi fair to protest against the Rowlatt Act and the arrest of pro-Indian independence activists Saifuddin Kitchlew and Satyapal.
Jallianwala Bagh is a historic garden and memorial of national importance close to the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar, Punjab, India, preserved in the memory of those wounded and killed in the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre that took place on the site on the festival of Baisakhi Day, 13 April 1919.
Years later, Indian Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao deemed the Parkala Massacre as the "Jallianwala Bagh of the south". [3] The Jallianwala Bagh massacre was a major turning point for the Indian independence movement when a British general, Reginald Dyer, marched into Jallianwala Bagh and ordered his troops to fire on peaceful protesters, killing 379 and injuring 1,200.
Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab (1913–1919) during the Jallianwala Bagh massacre Sir Michael Francis O'Dwyer GCIE KCSI (28 April 1864 – 13 March 1940) was an Irish colonial officer in the Indian Civil Service (ICS) and later the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab , British India , between 1913 and 1919.
Jallianwala Bagh [ edit ] It is a historic garden and ‘memorial of National Importance’ close to the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar- Punjab, India, preserved in the memory of those wounded and killed in the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre that occurred on the site on the festival of Baisakhi, 13 April 1919.
Motivation for Gandhi's movement was further solidified following the events of 13 April 1919, when a large crowd had gathered at Jallianwala Bagh near the Golden Temple in Amritsar to protest against the arrest of Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal, [12] while others had come to attend the annual Baisakhi festival. [13]
The Chauri Chaura Incident took place on 4 February 1922 at Chauri Chaura in the Gorakhpur district of United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) in British The police there fired upon a large group of protesters participating in the non-cooperation movement.
Patharighat is known as Assam's Jallianwala Bagh. [3] [4] Since 2000, the army has been paying homage to the martyrs on 29 January every year, which is commemorated as the "Krishak Swahid Divas". Army has also set up martyrs' column in memory of those killed. Swahid Stambha, Patharighat