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When India united in grief

  • POSTED ON: 13 Apr, 2019
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  • POSTED BY: Madhumitha Srinivasan
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Hundred years is a long enough time for an event to be forgotten or become a casual reference in our history books. But not this one. ‘The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre’ — described as “the darkest stain on British rule in India” and as a “black day in the annals of British India” — continues to remain a painful reminder of the extent of British atrocities in India.It was an act so monstrous and shocking that it sowed the seed for the end of British rule in India, reviving a greater sense of nationalism and demand for independence among the citizens of India.

Here is how the events unfolded…



Lest we forget

Today, in Jallianwala Bagh, stands a memorial commemorating the massacre of a peaceful gathering of men, women, and children. While the memorial was established in 1951 by the Government of India, the garden continues to have reminders of its horrific past, including the bullet marks on the walls and the well from which 120 bodies were recovered. As a mark of the centenary, the Punjab Assembly unanimously passed a resolution to urge the central government to seek a formal apology from the British for the massacre.

A look at the monument, as it stands today. (Slide to see more images.)