Jallianwala Bagh is an open ground close to the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar, Punjab.
The public gathering was present there to celebrate a festival named Baisakhi, on April 13, 1919.
A force of about 50 soldiers commanded by Brig Gen Reginald Edward Harry Dyer reached Jallianwala Bagh and open fire
An official report after the shootout put the dead at 379 people and about 1,200 as wounded.
Sardar Udham Singh, to avenge the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, assassinated Michael O’Dwyer in London on March 13, 1940.
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