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Explain jallianwala bagh massacre in full and easy language |
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Answer» Jallianwala bagh is a public park in Amrirsar, where people used to gather for open discussions and celebrating festivals. The massacre that took place in the bagh is as follows:-1. It was 13/4/1919, when the citizens of Amritsar gathered at Jallianwala bagh. Some of them came for public discussion about independence of India and others gathered for celebrating Baisakhi.2. Suddenly, General Dyer entered the park with his troops and blocked all the exits and ordered his troops to open fire on the people.3. People tried tried to run out but as the exits were blocked, they were not able to run out.4. 379 Indians were killed and approx. 1200 were wounded in the massacre.5. Due to massacre, the citizens took up the streets in north India, there were clashes between the people and police, and many police, British officers and Indians were killed in the revolts. Jallianwala Bagh (Hindi: जलियांवाला बाग़) is a public garden in Amritsar, and houses a memorial of national importance, established in 1951 by the Government of India, to commemorate the massacre of peaceful celebrators including unarmed women and children by British occupying forces, on the occasion of the Punjabi New |
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