The shocking massacre of 379 unarmed Indians in the enclosed
Jallianwala Bagh park on the command of a British army officer on
April 13th, 1919 is considered a brutal example of colonial abuse.
Immediately afterwards martial law was established with harsh
penalties and punishments. Often considered as the darkest period
of the Raj, the massacre helped galavanise the Indian Nationalist
movement, making full independence inevitable. Yet both the Queen
and former Prime Minister David Cameron have side stepped calls for
an apology for the mass shooting during official visits to
Amritsar. One hundred years on, is it time to say sorry? This book
examines the context in which the infamous event took place - and
asks why something that happened 100 years ago remains so
controversial. Did the order to fire prevent further native and
imperialist bloodshed in the Punjab? Was enough done at the time to
investigate if General Robert Dyer acted alone or with the full
support of his superiors? Who was ultimately responsible for the
1,650 rounds of ammunition discharged that day? Readers will
discover how tensions within the region - and political and
professional ambitions on both sides - combined to create a chain
of events that signaled the beginning of the end for the British
Raj.
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