A Grim Reminder
- POSTED ON: 13 Apr, 2018
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- POSTED BY: R. Krithika | Young World
- ARTICLE POINTS: 100 Points
…An episode which appears to me to be without precedent or parallel in the modern history of the British Empire. It is an event of an entirely different order from any of those tragical occurrences which take place when troops are brought into collision with the civil population. It is an extraordinary event, a monstrous event, an event which stands in singular and sinister isolation. – Winston Churchill in the House of Commons (the U.K.) on July 8, 1920
The event referred to is the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, which occurred on April 13, 1919, in Amritsar. On that day, Colonel Reginald Dyer ordered his troops to open fire on an unarmed group of people. Let’s take a look at what happened.
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