Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, A Shameful Act By British Raaj ..!!

Jallianwala Bagh massacre was the most brutal tragedy in the history of British rule! The brutal massacre of Jallianwala Bagh was one ...

Jallianwala Bagh massacre was the most brutal tragedy in the history of British rule! The brutal massacre of Jallianwala Bagh was one of the major incidents of British rule in India, which accelerated the decline of British rule and the freedom movement in India. Thousands of non-violent protesters in Punjab protested against the arrest of their two top leaders on April 13, 1919, Amritsar Meet in a protest meeting in the reserved gardens, although curfew had already been issued at the meeting. 

Brigadier General Edward Harry Dyer, was then, the military ruler of Amritsar. During the meeting, he And his armed forces surrounded the meeting ground, and without any warning, he ordered his force to open fire, on the unarmed crowd. Many of the helpless children, women, old and young people were killed in this barbaric shoot-out. As per the British, As many as 379 people were killed and 1200 wounded. In other sources, the number of dead is described as 1000. The whole country is shocked by this brutal killing! 

In the First World War, the Indian army fights for the British Empire and played a massive role, Local Maharajas Donated huge amount of gold and cash to help the British Empire. 12 lakh 50 thousand fighters were fighting to protect British interests in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. 43,000 Indian fighters were killed in this war. After the war, anti-colonial anti-British sentiments were seen throughout the country when anti-British reactions were observed in different places.

 Among the minor revolts that took place between 1915 and 1917, the revolt of February 1915, known as the Gadar revolt, was the most organized and expanded. This revolt was consistent with the support of Indian nationalists, Russian socialists, America and Germany, but it was possible to suppress by the British intelligence. 

The impact of the World War on a large number of casualties, the unrestricted economic pressure caused by tax increases, the spread of inflation, global epidemic, and unlimited loss of business commerce, exclude all social and political issues, including the economy of India, with outstanding imbalance. 

During the war, many Indian soldiers came to India with weapons smuggled from the battlefield. The Indian nationalist attitude that was seen before the war was revived after the extremist and modern groups of Congress united. 

After the rebellion of 1857, the British always believed in another rebellion. Although the investigators of the events of Amritsar did not find any such conspiracy, but General Dyer believed that if the natives were beaten properly, their desire for independence would be lost. The 1915 revolt attempt and the plan of Lahore were still haunted out the British. During that time the Bolshevik movement of Russia also increases the fear of the British regime. 

On April 13, many people gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh Park in Amritsar on the Baishakhi festival. 1 hour after the start of the meeting, 65 Gorkha and 25 Baloch soldiers led by General Dyer of Amritsar military commander entered the meeting place at 5.30pm. 50 of them had Lee Enfield 303 guns. Dyer himself came with two armored cars attached with the machine gun. The cars are kept in the entrance of the park in such formation so that no one inside can get out of the park.

The park was surrounded by houses and narrow entrances from all directions! While the main entrance was wide, there were numerous armed men armed with weapons guarded the main entrance, Dyer then ordered to fire and attack without warning, After the incident, Dyer said, "Then there was no time to give an indication, that was time to punishing Indians.” The firing was going on for ten minutes. The shot was stopped when the ammunition was finished. 1650 rounds were shot, the anti-British movement spread all over the country. All national leaders strongly criticized this demonic incident. 

The anti-British movement spread like wildfire all over the country, under the pressure of the people, an investigation committee was formed by the British government. At the end of the investigation it was announced that only 379 people were killed and 1,100 wounded During the horrendous incident. National Congress claims that more than a thousand people have been killed on that incident. 

The Civil Surgeon Dr. Smith said, "The number of people killed in the incident was 1,526." British government removed Brigadier General Dyer after the incident and He was taken back to London. The sikh community was in utter shock and anger with the incident, and they were planning for an act of ultimate revenge. A Sikh young man went to London and killed Dyer, when Dyer was delivering a speech at a ceremony organized at London's Caxton Hall. 

Rabindranath Tagore rejected the knighthood title given by the government in protest of the brutal torture of the British government. The moderate Surendranath Bandyopadhyay said, "The horrific incident of Jallianwala Bagh lit a great fire for war in the whole country!" 

In 2013, British Prime Minister David Cameron expressed his grief for the massacre of Jallianwala Bagh of 1919 in India. Since 1919, he was first British Official or minister who speaks about the incident and expresses his condolence for the shameful event. After a century of that incident, on the last day of the three-day state visit to India, on February 20, 2013, David Cameroon, Keep silence for a while after praying at the Massacre Memorial monument in Amritsar. Cameron said, "This is the most shameful incident in Britain's history!

Argha Chatterjee