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The Tallianwala Bagh massacre |
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Answer» Massacre of Amritsar, also called Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre, Jallianwalla incident on April 13, 1919 in which British troops fired on a large crowd of unarmed Indians in Amritsar in the Punjab region (now in Punjab state) of India, killing several hundred people and wounding many hundreds more. It marked a turning point in India’s modern history, in that it left a permanent scar on Indo-British relations and was the prelude to Mahatma Gandhi’s full commitment to the cause of Indian nationalism and independence from Britain. |
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