Jallianwala Bagh (1919)
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Overview
Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar is a walled ground with a narrow entrance. On 13 April 1919, the day of Baisakhi, General Dyer fired on a peaceful crowd gathered there, unaware of a ban on meetings. This happened during the protests against the Rowlatt Act.
The Hunter Committee followed, and Rabindranath Tagore gave up his knighthood in protest. In 1940 Udham Singh shot Michael O'Dwyer, Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab at the time of the massacre, in London.
Geography and key facts
- Date: 13 April 1919 (Baisakhi)
- Firing ordered by General Dyer
- Hunter Committee inquiry
- Tagore gave up his knighthood
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked as the event that caused popular indignation (2007), and in freedom-struggle questions (2003, 1998, 1997).
Note for UPSC
Amritsar; massacre of 13 April 1919.
Questions link places with movements, sessions and years of the national movement.
Asked in PYQs
- UPSC Prelims 2007 · Q56Which one of the following aroused a wave of popular indignation that led to the massacre by the British at Jallianwala Bagh?…
- UPSC Prelims 2003 · Q81With reference to Indian freedom struggle, which one of the following statements is correct?…
- UPSC Prelims 1998 · Q79Which one of the following events was characterised by Montague as ‘Preventive Murder’?…
- UPSC Prelims 1997 · Q6Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists: List I I. Butler Committee II. Hurtog Committee Report III. Hunter Inqui…
Questions from our Prelims bank whose text names Jallianwala Bagh (1919).
Key facts
- Type
- Freedom-struggle site
- State / UT
- Punjab
- Year
- 1919
- Coordinates
- 31.621°N, 74.881°E
- Asked in Prelims
- 4 questions · 2007, 2003, 1998, 1997
From the Map Explorer data; positions are for orientation.
In the lessons
- The National Movement: 1885 to 1919
- Revolutionary Nationalism: From Anushilan Samiti to Bhagat Singh and the INA
- Gandhi's Arrival, Rowlatt Satyagraha, Jallianwala Bagh and the Non-Cooperation–Khilafat Movement
- Vivekananda, Tagore, Ambedkar and Other Modern Indian Thinkers
- The Gandhian Era and Independence (1920–1947) (map lesson)
- Swarajists to Civil Disobedience: Simon Commission, Purna Swaraj, Salt March and the Round Table Conferences (map lesson)
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