Jallianwala Bagh Massacre(1919)

British troops fire on an unarmed crowd in Amritsar.

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

What you need to know

Troops fired on an unarmed crowd
Hundreds killed in an enclosed garden
Galvanized the independence movement

Timelines

The British Raj
The British Raj
Direct British Crown rule over India from 1858 to 1947.
The Indian Independence Movement
The Indian Independence Movement
The struggle for freedom from the founding of Congress to 1947.

Facts at a glance

Start: 13 April 1919
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Significance · NATIONAL

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