1. On 13 March 1919, the public meeting was organized in the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, on the day of Baisakhi, to oppose the arrest of popular leaders like Dr. Satyapal and Dr. Kitchlu.

2. General Dyer reached there with his troops and without any warning, opened fire on innocent people from the machine guns.

3. Number of people lost their lives in the firing.

4. According to the government report, 379 people died and 1200 injured.

5. As per the committed appointed by the Congress, 1000 people had died in the firing.

6. ‘Hunter Commission’, investigating the case on behalf of the British Government, defended General Dyer.

7. The Commission forgave Dyer considering it as ‘an innocent mistake that happened unknowingly’.

8. When Dyer returned to England, he was honored with a sword and 2000 pounds.

9. Indians got a terrible shock because of this.

10. After this inhuman act, Gandhiji’s faith towards the British was completely lost.

11. This tragedy became the ground for the future Non-Cooperation Movement.