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#TodayInHistory More than 1000 killed and countless injured at #JallianwalaBagh on Baisakhi in 1919 under the orders of Gen Reginald O Dyer. #LestWeForget #JallianwalaBaghMassacre 
Jallianwala Bagh,a name that evokes painful memories in our history, a reminder of the brutality of the British rule. It was a place I actually visited in 2001, walked through the narrow entrance, stood on the ground stained with the blood of Indians.
The backdrop to Jallianwala Bagh was the Ghadr mutiny, which planned for a large scaled armed uprising against the British that was crushed by the British. #JallianwalaBaghMassacre
Worth reading on Anniversary of #JallianwalabaghMassacre
Noble Words of the Mahatma
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This is why Mahatma Gandhi forgave General Dyer even after Jallianwala Bagh massacre theprint.in/opinion/this-i…
Noble Words of the Mahatma
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This is why Mahatma Gandhi forgave General Dyer even after Jallianwala Bagh massacre theprint.in/opinion/this-i…
Mahatma said “it would be sin for me to serve General Dyer & co-operate with him to shoot innocent men. But it will be an exercise of forgiveness or love for me to nurse him back to life, if he was suffering from a physical malady (sic)”.
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Gandhi even wrote that Dyer “merely destroyed a few bodies but the others tried to kill the soul of a nation”.
He said that “the fury that has been spent upon General Dyer is, I am sure, largely misdirected”.
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He said that “the fury that has been spent upon General Dyer is, I am sure, largely misdirected”.
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On this day in 1919, the British committed a heinous crime, and to rub salt on the wound, see how Justice Party/Periyar Party supported Gen Dyer's actions.
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And now that party is called DMK.
Ofcourse Congress supports them, no surprises there.
Ofcourse Congress supports them, no surprises there.
Not only did Dravidians support Jallianwala Bagh.
When General Dyer died in Jul-1927 some newspapers in Madras called him a sinner Dyer. Periyar/Dravidians condemned those newspapers saying dont copy Tamil-Brahmin papers, so many Dyers are in India
Kudiarasu Aug-27
When General Dyer died in Jul-1927 some newspapers in Madras called him a sinner Dyer. Periyar/Dravidians condemned those newspapers saying dont copy Tamil-Brahmin papers, so many Dyers are in India
Kudiarasu Aug-27
On this day 102 years back,
Cold-blooded massacre happened at #Jallianwalabagh.
It was Sunday & around 15,000 Hindu’s, Sikh's of Amritsar were celebrating their new year Baisakhi at the 7 acre park.
It was evening & the British came with around 90 foot soldiers & the 1st thing
Cold-blooded massacre happened at #Jallianwalabagh.
It was Sunday & around 15,000 Hindu’s, Sikh's of Amritsar were celebrating their new year Baisakhi at the 7 acre park.
It was evening & the British came with around 90 foot soldiers & the 1st thing
they did was to close the only exit of the park.
The British under the orders of Acting Brigadier Reginald Dyer took positions & started Indiscriminate Shooting..
They shot till their ammunition was finished & didn't stop even for a second in between.
While around 1000+ people
The British under the orders of Acting Brigadier Reginald Dyer took positions & started Indiscriminate Shooting..
They shot till their ammunition was finished & didn't stop even for a second in between.
While around 1000+ people
died due to shooting, around 200+ people died when they fell into the deep well while escaping the bullets.
The youngest was a 7 month infant..
The estimates says around 1200 people were massacred & 8000 people were injured..
The reason for #JallianwalaBaghMassacre was that
The youngest was a 7 month infant..
The estimates says around 1200 people were massacred & 8000 people were injured..
The reason for #JallianwalaBaghMassacre was that
The #JallianwalaBaghMassacre is the middle. The violence began with a promise of freedom. Which was eventually won through more bloodshed and resistance to an oppressive and blind #BritishEmpire.
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#IngloriousEmpire
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Rather than Freedom Indians were punished under more draconian laws.
The #RowlattAct broke the last illusion of the masses awakened the masses to #Swarajya #SelfRule and a spirit to achieve it by any means.
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The #RowlattAct broke the last illusion of the masses awakened the masses to #Swarajya #SelfRule and a spirit to achieve it by any means.
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In a park, in #Punjab to protest the arrest of two freedom fighters #Satyapal and #SaifuddinKitchlew. Without any warning #BrigadierGeneralDyer and his troops opened fire.
In his words, Dyer shouted: "Fire low. What have you been brought here for?
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In his words, Dyer shouted: "Fire low. What have you been brought here for?
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The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
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On 13th April 1919 the Jallianwala Bagh massacre was carried out by the infamous Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer .
The Massacre was the result of the Anarchical & Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919, famously known as the Rowlatt Act.
(A Thread)
On 13th April 1919 the Jallianwala Bagh massacre was carried out by the infamous Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer .
The Massacre was the result of the Anarchical & Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919, famously known as the Rowlatt Act.
The Act came into force a month before the massacre. It shocked most Indians who had expected to be rewarded, not punished, for willingly fighting alongside the British in the WW1. The Act allowed political cases to be tried without jury, & imprisonment of suspects without trial.
The Act resulted in furious protests throughout the country. Gandhi started a campaign against Rowlatt Act. There were violent protests that resulted in the burning of the Town Hall and Railway station, disruption of telegraphs and communication system.
Today marks a centenary since the Amritsar Massacre, known in India as Jallianwala Bagh.
It is a gaping hole in the knowledge of most people in Britain, whilst still a raw wound for many in India.
We owe it to our own future to be honest about our past. /1
It is a gaping hole in the knowledge of most people in Britain, whilst still a raw wound for many in India.
We owe it to our own future to be honest about our past. /1
At age 10, I recall being taught in school, without nuance, that Empire had been a force for good. I had by then already heard of Jallianwal Bagh. That was (cough) many years ago, but the nature of public discourse often feels stuck back there, in nostalgic, whitewashed mist. /2
It has been in equal parts ludicrous, embarrassing and sad to watch the Brexit debate often pick up the threads of Empire, without any idea of how others view us.
So, too, the idea that former colonies will wrap us in their family bosom & welcome our patronage once again. /3
So, too, the idea that former colonies will wrap us in their family bosom & welcome our patronage once again. /3
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place a hundred years ago, this day.
On 13 April 1919, troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Dyer fired rifles into a crowd, who had gathered for a peaceful protest at the #JallianwalaBagh in Amritsar.
On 13 April 1919, troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Dyer fired rifles into a crowd, who had gathered for a peaceful protest at the #JallianwalaBagh in Amritsar.
#JallianwalaBaghMassacre Hundreds were killed from the firing. Many drowned as they jumped into a well. Official estimates of the dead vary from 300 to over 1,000.
100 years later, the British have still not formally apologized for this massacre.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallianwa…
100 years later, the British have still not formally apologized for this massacre.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallianwa…
I visited #JallianwalaBagh last year (photos in prev tweet).
It was a somber experience. 100 years later, standing in the garden, and walking through the narrow entrance passage, you could still visualize the horrific scenes there from April 13, 1919.
#JallianwalaBaghMassacre
It was a somber experience. 100 years later, standing in the garden, and walking through the narrow entrance passage, you could still visualize the horrific scenes there from April 13, 1919.
#JallianwalaBaghMassacre
