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The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

The government was determined to suppress the mass agitation followed by the Rowlatt Act. It repeatedly lathi charged and fired up on unarmed demonstrators at Bombay, Ahmadabad, Calcutta, Delhi and other cities. Gandhiji gave a call for a mighty hartal on 6th April 1919. The people responded with unprecedented enthusiasm. The govt, decided to meet the popular protest with repression, particularly in the Punjab. The prominent leaders of the congress Dr.Salfuddin kitchlew and Dr.Satyapal were arrested. This sparked off a strike in the city. On 13th April 191, a public meeting took place at Jallianwala Bagh to protest against the arrest of their leaders. Jallianwala Bagh was a large open space which was enclosed on three sides by building and had only one exit. General Dyer the military commander of Amritsar came into complete submission. He surrounded the Bagh with his army until closed the exit with his troops and then ordered his men to shoot into the unarmed people with machine farm. They fired till their ammunition was exhausted. Thousand were killed and wounded. This incident is known as Jallianwala Bagh Massacre after the Massacre men law was proclaimed throughout the Punjab. When this news came out, a wave of hatred spread throughout the country. The great poet Rabindranath Tagore renounced his honorable title of knighthood in protest against this cruelty.

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