DESCRIBE THE AMRITSAR MASSACRE? 4

• happened in 1919
• people assembled in the jalianwala bagh to protest against the arrest of national leaders, satyal pal and dr kitchlew.
• general dyer had banned all the meeting still people assembled
• dyer went there and open fire on the crowd, killing 400 people and 1200 wounded,
• he fired rounds for 10minutes
• A hunter committee was set up to investigate the incident,
• it found that the crowd assembled wasnt part of any pre-planned conspiracy to overthrow the british
• as a result dyer was removed from active service, but wasnt punished
• dyer was hailed as a hero in the british media
• all this added to the indian resentment, fueling the gandhi’s non cooperation movement.