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title: "Some Lesser known facts on Jallianwala Bagh massacre"  
description: "More than 200 bodies were recovered from the well after the firing. Two armoured cars with machine guns were used in the shooting, here are some unknown facts"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-10-18  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1347/some-lesser-known-facts-on-jallianwala-bagh-massacre  
category: "history"  
tags: ["History", "historical events", "Indian history", "Jallianwala Bagh", "Jallianwala massacre"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Some Lesser known facts on Jallianwala Bagh massacre

![Some Lesser known facts on Jallianwala Bagh massacre](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/b05dfd83-e7dd-48b0-8c70-e167643ec39f/images/65ef5eaa-6071-49eb-bb82-883ae2ddec43.jpeg) ![Some Lesser known facts on Jallianwala Bagh massacre](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/b05dfd83-e7dd-48b0-8c70-e167643ec39f/images/eb6d3d62-7768-42b8-a762-053fb8bf5b74.jpeg) Jallianwala Bagh was neither a park nor a garden. ![Some Lesser known facts on Jallianwala Bagh massacre](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/b05dfd83-e7dd-48b0-8c70-e167643ec39f/images/f6b9ea3b-ec17-49e1-be48-9fee5706f8b6.jpeg) The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on Baisakhi day on 13 April 1919. ![Some Lesser known facts on Jallianwala Bagh massacre](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/b05dfd83-e7dd-48b0-8c70-e167643ec39f/images/59f5a28d-5eb5-426c-bc3b-bbf8c2e4f034.jpeg) The assembled people, estimated at 10,000, were holding a peaceful protest against the draconian Rowlatt Act ![Some Lesser known facts on Jallianwala Bagh massacre](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/b05dfd83-e7dd-48b0-8c70-e167643ec39f/images/1234a293-bd44-4d31-b059-97de4703421c.jpeg) A force of around 50 soldiers commanded by Brig. Gen. Reginald Edward Harry Dyer reached Jallianwala Bagh and fired ![Some Lesser known facts on Jallianwala Bagh massacre](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/b05dfd83-e7dd-48b0-8c70-e167643ec39f/images/77d6b4c4-c099-4661-9418-6e848f92dc3d.jpeg) The firing lasted for 10 to 15 minutes. An estimated 1,650 rounds of bullets were fired at the crowd. ![Some Lesser known facts on Jallianwala Bagh massacre](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/b05dfd83-e7dd-48b0-8c70-e167643ec39f/images/48289979-7d49-43ca-9544-d4b451af7f89.jpeg) Besides those killed by the ammunition, some died jumping into a well in the garden ![Some Lesser known facts on Jallianwala Bagh massacre](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/b05dfd83-e7dd-48b0-8c70-e167643ec39f/images/82508c1c-a8a1-4eae-923d-c5d381449e37.jpeg) The Hunter Commission, set up by the British government, indicted Dyer for the massacre.

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