Question

Where did the Jallianwala Bagh incident take place?

Answer 1

Answer: The Jallianwala Bagh incident took place in Amritsar, Punjab, on 13th April 1919.

Explanation:

• On 13th April 1919, thousands of men, women, and children gathered peacefully at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar to protest against the Rowlatt Act and to celebrate the festival of Baisakhi.
• General Reginald Dyer ordered his troops to fire on the unarmed crowd without warning.
• The narrow exits of the garden were blocked, and indiscriminate firing continued for about 10 minutes.
• Hundreds were killed and thousands injured, making it one of the darkest tragedies in India’s freedom struggle.

Significance: The massacre shocked the entire nation, deepened distrust of British rule, and fueled the freedom movement. Rabindranath Tagore renounced his Knighthood in protest, and Mahatma Gandhi intensified his campaign of non-cooperation.