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  1. The following timeline presents a chronological overview of the key events before, during, and immediately after the #JallianwalaBaghMassacre in #Amritsar, India, on 13 April 1919, collectively known as the #Punjab disturbances. An early chronology is published in appendix I of the first Hunter Committee report to #EdwinMontagu on 8 March 1920.

  2. April 13, 1919 - In Amritsar, holiest city of the Sikh religion (in India’s Punjab province), British and Gurkha troops fired without warning and killed at least 379 and wounded another 1200 Sikhs meeting in a park known as Jallianwala Bagh to celebrate their new year’s festival of Baisakhi Mela.

    In the previous three days, two key Sikh leaders had been deported, Mohandas Ghandi had been barred from entering the Punjab, and a general strike and demonstration had been met with deadly fire from British troops, sparking violent reaction.

    #JallianwalaBaghMassacre #EvilsOfEmpire

  3. #KarurStampede isn’t a covert tragedy like #Kallakurichi—it’s a visible echo of #JallianwalaBaghMassacre.

    When incumbency leashes terror on unarmed citizens, history doesn’t repeat—it mourns.

  4. April 13, 1919 - In Amritsar, holiest city of the Sikh religion (in India’s Punjab province), British and Gurkha troops fired without warning and killed at least 379 and wounded another 1200 Sikhs meeting in a park known as Jallianwala Bagh to celebrate their new year’s festival of Baisakhi Mela.

    In the previous three days, two key Sikh leaders had been deported, Mohandas Ghandi had been barred from entering the Punjab, and a general strike and demonstration had been met with deadly fire from British troops, sparking violent reaction.

    #JallianwalaBaghMassacre #EvilsOfEmpire

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