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Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

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Also known as: Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre, Massacre of Amritsar
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Jallianwala also spelled:
Jallianwalla
Also called:
Massacre of Amritsar
Date:
April 13, 1919(Anniversary in 2 days)
Location:
Amritsar
India
Jallianwalla Bagh
Context:
British raj
Key People:
Reginald Dyer
Mahatma Gandhi
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Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, incident on April 13, 1919, in which British troops fired on a large crowd of unarmed Indians in an open space known as the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in the Punjab region (now in Punjab state) of India, killing several hundred people and wounding many hundreds more. It marked a turning point in India’s modern history, in that it left a permanent scar on Indo-British relations and was the prelude to Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi’s full commitment to the cause of Indian nationalism and independence from Britain. During World War I (1914–18) the British government of India enacted ...(100 of 620 words)

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