Thursday, April 12, 2007

13 APRIL ,1919

13 APRIL,1919,

You must be wondering ,what has happened to me,,have I forgotten today's date...

No friends, I have not forgotten anything ,I just want you to remember the JALLIANWALA BAGH MASSACRE, that happened on 13 april,1919.


It was also a Baisakhi day,,as today is Baisakhi.

General Dyer ,had issued an order prohibiting public meetings and assemblies.

On 13 April ,Baisakhi Day, a large crowd of people, many of whom were visitors from neighbouring villages who had come to the town to attend the Baisakhi celebrations,collected in the Jallianwala bagh to attend a public meeting.

Situated in the heart of town of Amritsar, Punjab, India, Jallianwala Bagh was more or less an open enclosure with tall buildings on all the four sides with a narrow passage which led into it.


General Dyer ,incensed that his orders were disobeyed, ordered his troops to fire upon the unarmed crowd. The shooting continued for ten minutes.
General Dyer had not thought it necessary to issue any warning to the people nor was he deterred by the fact that the ground was totally hemmed in from all sides by high walls which left little chance for escape.


Eyewitness account of the merciless massacre beggar description.
As the machine guns started raining bullets, the dead piled on the dead and wounded upon the wounded. There being no exit, there was a general stampede; women and children being crushed under the heels of those who trying to escape firing. The wailing of women and crying of children were drowned in the fearful blast of the guns spewing fire.
General Dyer's loyal soldier released their triggers only when they had exhausted their ammunition. And then leaving the dead and the wounded where they were, Dyer left the ghastly scene along with his troops. Far from attending to the wounded, there was none to offer even water to the dying.

According to the official version, 379 people were killed on the spot and thrice as many wounded to die later. The unofficial number of the dead runs into four figures.

This was the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy...

Just pause for a moment and think about it..


Happy Baisakhi !!!



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3 comments:

Aditi said...

jalianwalla massacre is one of the most dreadful event occured in History. You've really done a great job. Very few of us remember that blood shed, everyone's busy in his life... During that if someone make us remember what have been our past, our great Heroes.., who sacrificed their lives for the country...

Salute to them

Happy Baisakhi

Anonymous said...

this incident will always be remembered!!!!!!








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