Jallianwala Bagh (Amritsar)

India / Punjab / Amritsar / Near Golden Temple, Amritsar, Jalianwala BAGH
 park, landmark, place with historical importance
Jalianwalabag: The sacred walls still bear mute testimony to British bullets. Today Jalianwalabag has become a hallowed shrine for Indians. The park is enclosed by a high wall and surrounded by houses. The only entrance is very narrow. On Baisakhi Day (13 April) in 1919, thousands of Indian had assembled here to protest against the Rowlatt Act. The notorious. British general Dwyer and his men stood at the entrance and showered bullets on the unarmed crowd without any prior warning. The mayhem continued till the last bullet had been fired, killing more than 2,000. The alarmed people jumped into a well to save their lives which caused more than 300 deaths. This brutal massacre shocked the entire world which condemned the act. The Bengali poet Rabindranath renounced his British conferred knighthood in protest. To honour the martyrs, a red sandstone memorial was erected here. The well is also another object of curiosity. It is 2 furlong away from the Golden Temple
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallianwala_Bagh_Massacre
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Coordinates:   31°37'13"N   74°52'49"E

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  • Jalianwalabag: The sacred walls still bear mute testimony to British bullets. Today Jalianwalabag has become a hallowed shrine for Indians. The park is enclosed by a high wall and surrounded by houses. The only entrance is very narrow. On Baisakhi Day (13 April) in 1919, thousands of Indian had assembled here to protest against the Rowlatt Act. The notorious. British general Dwyer and his men stood at the entrance and showered bullets on the unarmed crowd without any prior warning. The mayhem continued till the last bullet had been fired, killing more than 2,000. The alarmed people jumped into a well to save their lives which caused more than 300 deaths. This brutal massacre shocked the entire world which condemned the act. The Bengali poet Rabindranath renounced his British conferred knighthood in protest. To honour the martyrs, a red sandstone memorial was erected here. The well is also another object of curiosity. It is 2 furlong away from the Golden Temple
  • On 13 March 1940 an Indian revolutionary from Sunam, named Udham Singh, who had witnessed the events in Amritsar and was himself wounded, shot dead Sir Michael O'Dwyer, believed to be the chief planner of the massacre at the Caxton Hall in London.
  • Khoteya general Dyer nain bina gal logon nu shaheed kitta
  • jalianwalan bagh............
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