Modern Era · South Asia · Politics
1919
Amritsar massacre
April 13, 1919
General Reginald Dyer marched Gurkha troops into a walled garden in Amritsar where Indians were holding a peaceful assembly. He blocked the exits and ordered ten minutes of rifle fire. At least 379 died, perhaps a thousand. Dyer said he wished to produce a moral effect. He did. He lost India for the British.
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