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Title: Jallianwala Bagh massacre: Tracing back 101 years; how 1,650 bullets changed India forever
Post by: TomSea on April 13, 2020, 10:44:32 am
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Jallianwala Bagh massacre: Tracing back 101 years; how 1,650 bullets changed India forever
Aswathy T O

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre also called the Massacre of Amritsar marks its 101st anniversary today, 13 April. On this day in 1919, India witnessed the most gruesome and brutal attack in the history of the nation's struggle for independence.

The 'shameful scar' in British Indian history

On April 13, 1919, a Baisakhi day, the British troops, under General Dyer, fired on a large crowd of unarmed Indians in an open space - Jallianwala Bagh in Amristar in the Punjab region, killing most of the people gathered there.

(https://data1.ibtimes.co.in/en/full/735442/jallianwala-bagh-representational.jpg?h=450&l=50&t=40)

Read more at:  https://www.ibtimes.co.in/remembering-jallianwala-bagh-india-pays-tribute-martyrs-101st-anniversary-massacre-817382?utm_source=izooto&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=817382&utm_content=&utm_term=# (https://www.ibtimes.co.in/remembering-jallianwala-bagh-india-pays-tribute-martyrs-101st-anniversary-massacre-817382?utm_source=izooto&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=817382&utm_content=&utm_term=#)

I thought this was an interesting story, nothing against the Brits. We and others need to look at our history and not repeat it.