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Question
The Jallianwala massacre happened on:
Options
- A 13th April 1918
- B 13th April 1917
- C 13th April 1919
- D 13th April 1916
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Correct Answer
C 13th April 1919
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- On 13th April 1919, General Dyer ordered British Indian Army troops to fire their rifles into a crowd of unarmed Indian civilians in Jallianwala Bagh of Amritsar.
- This incident is infamously known as the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
- The civilians gathered in Jalliawallah bagh to peacefully protest against the arrest and deportation of two national leaders, Satyapal and Saifuddin Kitchlew.
- In this, At least 379 people were killed and over 1200 people were injured.
- Later, Hunter Commission was formed to investigate the incident.