India mourns Jalianwala Bagh Massacre on 13 April

Also known as the Amritsar massacre, the incident took place in the Jallianwala Bagh public garden in the northern Indian city of Amritsar, and was ordered by Brigadier-General Reginald E H Dyer on Sunday April 13, 1919.

Dyer, convinced that a major insurrection was at hand, banned all meetings, and hearing that about 15,000 to 20,000 people had assembled in the garden, he marched his fifty riflemen to a raised bank and ordered them to shoot at the crowd which included men, women, and children.




The mixed crowd drawn from Hindu, Sikh and Muslim communities had gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh to register their protest British persecution of Indians and listen to the speeches of their leaders.Dyer kept the firing up for about ten minutes.

Official Government of India sources estimated the fatalities at 379, with 1,100 wounded.

The casualty number estimated by the Indian National Congress was more than 1,500, with approximately 1,000 killed.