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The Amritsar Massacre (1919)


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On April 13, 1919, in Jallianwala Bagh, a square near the Sikh Golden Temple of Amritsar in India, British soldiers led by Colonel Reginald Dyer fired on an unarmed, non-violent crowd of Indians. Learn what led up to the massacre and its repercussions.
An in-text version of this episode can be found at: https://origins.osu.edu/index.php/milestones/april-2019-amritsar-massacre-gandhi-dyer-rowlatt-acts-punjab
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