UDHAM SINGH : The Revenge of Jallianwala Bagh

Indians needed to be taught obedience. So believed Sir Michael O’Dwyer, Lieutenant Governor of Punjab. What happened next shocked the world.

On April 13 1919, an unauthorised political gathering was planned for Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar. Brigadier General Dyer marched his soldiers into the walled garden, leaving his armoured cars to block the only significant exit. Thousands of men, women and children were trapped inside. Dyer ordered his men to open fire, turning their guns on the thickest parts of the crowd. For ten minutes, they continued to shoot, using 1650 bullets. Not a single shot was fired in retaliation.