My grandfather, aged 15, in 1919, just after the #AmritsarMassacre . Along with 1000s, he was arrested and sentenced to hang for protesting against the mass murder. He escaped. Today please remember the many others imprisoned & hanged for demanding freedom from Colonial rule
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the #AmritsarMassacre , 100s of men, women & children were killed.
A dark day in the history of India & UK, when British troops opened fire on peaceful protestors who were demonstrating for greater civil rights.
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13 April 1919
The #JallianwalaBagh Massacre , #AmritsarMassacre .Large peaceful crowd gathered at #JallianwalaBagh in Amritsar,to
protest against the arrest of Indian Independence leaders Dr.S.Kitchlew & DrSatyaPal on vaisakhi Day. #General_Dyer Killed 379to1500+ &1200+ were injured,
I feel like she's saying that a country that suffered atrocities at the hands of the British Empire, isn't overly thrilled about the idea of a UK driven by imperial nostalgia screaming about 'taking back control', looking to 're-connect' with India.
#AmritsarMassacre
On this day The #JallianwalaBagh massacre, also known as the #AmritsarMassacre , took place on 13 April 1919, when troops of the British Army under the command of Colonel Reginald #Dyer fired rifles into a crowd of Indians who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar
#JallianwalaBagh photographed c1919-20 not long after #JallianwalaBagh Massacre which occurred 99 years ago today on #Vaisakhi . Image copyright British Library and reproduced in ‘The Golden Temple of Amritsar: Reflections of the Past (1808-1959)’ #AmritsarMassacre
'I Hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion.' A '[Famine] Relief will do no good. They breed like rabbits' Words of #Boris ' colonial hero, Winston #Churchill , apropos Bengal Famine. Different Leopard. Same spots. #JallianwalaBagh100 #AmritsarMassacre .
!['I Hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion.' A '[Famine] Relief will do no good. They breed like rabbits' Words of #Boris' colonial hero, Winston #Churchill, apropos Bengal Famine. Different Leopard. Same spots. #JallianwalaBagh100 #AmritsarMassacre.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EJot9wNWoAA0yfM.jpg "The Communists (@CPGBML) on Twitter photo 2019-11-18 06:48:19 'I Hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion.' A '[Famine] Relief will do no good. They breed like rabbits' Words of #Boris' colonial hero, Winston #Churchill, apropos Bengal Famine. Different Leopard. Same spots. #JallianwalaBagh100 #AmritsarMassacre.")
Today is the 99th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre when General O’ Dwyer’s actions resulted in the killing of 1000s of Sikhs in Amritsar. #JallianwalaBagh #AmritsarMassacre #Vaisakhi #Sikh twitter.com/hardeepspuri/s…
This item from our India Office Private Papers (Mss Eur C340/8) illustrates the denial of the realities of the #AmritsarMassacre which still exists today. A 1978 letter to the editor of the Sunday Express written at the back of a postcard, reads: “killed yes massacred no”.
On the centenary of the #AmritsarMassacre we were recently donated this letter to the IRA Chief of Staff requesting to kill Sir Michael O'Dwyer,former Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab- 'shooting is too good for him'. See here for context: buff.ly/2UgdA2j #JallianwalaBagh
Todays marks Jallianwala Bagh #Amritsarmassacre , on 13 April 1919, when Brg-General Dyer ordered British Indian Army troops to open fire into a crowd of unarmed peaceful civilians majority Sikhs who gathered to mark Vaisakhi, killing hundreds & injuring 000s inc women & children
Excellent attendance at lecture on #amritsarmassacre . Well done Dr Opinderjit Kaur Randhawa-Takhar MBE for organising this important event. Looking forward to hearing from Kim A. Wagner on his brilliant book
Today on 13th April 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place. B.General Reginald Dyer ordered troops of the British Indian Army to open fire on unarmed Punjabis at the day of Besakhi in Jallianwala,Amritsar killing 400 people ,1000 people were injured. #Amritsarmassacre
#JallianwalaBagh Centenary
In #JallianwalaBagh -An empire of fear and the making of the #AmritsarMassacre .Kim A. Wagner provides a a genuinely nuanced approach to the bloody history of the British Empire.
Pub. by .Penguin India get the book at;
markmybook.com/book.php?book=…
Both India and Britain mark the 100th anniversary of the #AmritsarMassacre where hundreds of Indians were shot for gathering at Jallianwala Bagh public garden and defying colonial rule.
More details here: theguardian.com/world/2019/apr…
The #AmritsarMassacre India occurred #OnThisDay 1919 - 100yrs ago today - British Col’ Reginald Dyer ordered his troops to open fire on non-violent civilians gathered in a walled park. The British claimed 379 were killed but 1650 bullets were fired and more than 1,000 perished.
