Overview An artist's depiction of the massacre, no true images were captured of the incident by camera [citation needed] On April 13, 1919 British troops under the command of then General Dyer fired on hundreds of unarmed Indians who had gathered for an event in Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab, India. [1] The incident was a major cause for increased anti-British sentiment in later half of the British Raj in India and inspired freedom fighters like Bhagat Singh to take up arms. [2] Backstory Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, the then British General who ordered the massacre. People from nearby towns and villages had gathered for the peaceful celebration of Baisakhi festival in a open ground surrounded on all sides by high walls except two openings. [3] Anti-protest repressions by the British govt. were at an all time high due to the increased number of protests all across India by new modern freedom fighters. Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, the then General in-charge of the area was
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