The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (also known as the Amritsar Massacre)
was one of the saddest events, that will likely never fade away from our
memory. It was so horrific and saddening that even today, people are
left wondering if it could have been avoided. Unfortunately, almost a
century later, we haven’t received an apology or had closure.
For those not aware, on 13th
April 1919 (which was also the festival of Baisakhi), people gathered
at the Jallianwala Bagh to peacefully protest the arrest of two leaders
Dr. Satyapal and Dr. Saifuddin, despite a curfew being declared. The
protest, however, was not a non-violent one. On the order of General
Dyer, the troops fired on the crowd for ten minutes resulting in the
death of about 1000 people and injuring an equal number. To save
themselves, people resorted to jumping into a nearby well and it is said
that 120 bodies were recovered from here after the massacre.
