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title: "5 lesser known facts on Jallianwala Bagh massacre."  
description: "Here are a few important facts about the Jallianwala Bagh massacre that every Indian should know about. Here's 5 of them."  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-11-01  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1461/5-lesser-known-facts-on-jallianwala-bagh-massacre  
category: "history"  
tags: ["Jallianwala Bagh", "Jallianwala Bagh massacre", "Jallianwala massacre"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# 5 lesser known facts on Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

![5 lesser known facts on Jallianwala Bagh massacre](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a9bfc86d-6862-4f2e-837b-95579e20e476/images/aa64312f-88e2-4fd7-b3ad-e04ed89eb35b.jpeg) ![5 lesser known facts on Jallianwala Bagh massacre](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a9bfc86d-6862-4f2e-837b-95579e20e476/images/b27eeb39-c877-4220-8f1c-c0a2e21c54c7.jpeg) Jallianwala Bagh is an open ground close to the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar, Punjab. ![5 lesser known facts on Jallianwala Bagh massacre](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a9bfc86d-6862-4f2e-837b-95579e20e476/images/606dd5c7-0a9c-489e-a653-a23dd3f229e5.jpeg) The public gathering was present there to celebrate a festival named Baisakhi, on April 13, 1919. ![5 lesser known facts on Jallianwala Bagh massacre](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a9bfc86d-6862-4f2e-837b-95579e20e476/images/54e2579b-8ef0-45a0-94ab-e3d462da960c.jpeg) A force of about 50 soldiers commanded by Brig Gen Reginald Edward Harry Dyer reached Jallianwala Bagh and open fire ![5 lesser known facts on Jallianwala Bagh massacre](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a9bfc86d-6862-4f2e-837b-95579e20e476/images/7b9ef978-2765-4ea5-a593-48cd5b3639b9.jpeg) An official report after the shootout put the dead at 379 people and about 1,200 as wounded. ![5 lesser known facts on Jallianwala Bagh massacre](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/a9bfc86d-6862-4f2e-837b-95579e20e476/images/6fff549a-c79e-4d16-a535-3f7c552b5cb0.jpeg) Sardar Udham Singh, to avenge the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, assassinated Michael O’Dwyer in London on March 13, 1940.

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