EPISODE · Dec 16, 2019 · 9 MIN

The Amritsar Massacre (1919)

from History Talk, the history podcast from Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective · host Origins OSU

On April 13, 1919, in Jallianwala Bagh, a square near the Sikh Golden Temple of Amritsar in India, British soldiers led by Colonel Reginald Dyer fired on an unarmed, non-violent crowd of Indians. Learn what led up to the massacre and its repercussions. An in-text version of this episode can be found at: https://origins.osu.edu/index.php/milestones/april-2019-amritsar-massacre-gandhi-dyer-rowlatt-acts-punjab

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