Academy of the Punjab in North America

Article 383: Jallianwala Bagh Through British eyes

On the 90th anniversary of the massacre on April 13, Sekhar Phadnis assesses

the impact of the event on the British empire 

The Tribune: April 12, 2009

 
After the Jallianwala Bagh massacre Mahatma Gandhi remarked that the British had got control of India at Plassey in 1757 and lost it in 1919.







Top: Jallianwala Bagh memorial was built on the spot where unarmed Indians were killed following orders by General Reginald Dyer

Top: Jallianwala Bagh memorial was built on the spot where unarmed Indians were killed following orders by General Reginald Dyer



Above: Bullet marks on the walls of Jallianwala Bagh