Jallianwala Bagh

On 13 April 1919, a peaceful crowd of 2000 men, women and children had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, a walled garden near the Golden Temple, to protest British rule. A group of British soldiers led by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer opened unprovoked fire at the innocent crowd, relentlessly massacring the protestors even as the crowd dispersed in panic, many of them jumping into a well to escape the gunfire. Today, the furthest end of the Bagh is marked by a Martyrs’ Memorial built in the shape of an eternal flame. A section of the wall, pock-marked by bullets, as also the well, has been preserved as a reminder of the tragic event.
Indian history has gone through few most tragic incidents. There are some events which became headlines and it’s impossible to keep them out of our mind. Jallianwala Bagh amritsar incident is one of the most heart-rending chapters in the history of Amritsar. On April 13, 1919, when people of Amritsar gathered up to celebrate the festival of Baisakhi in Jallian wala bagh,