On this day, April 13, in 1919
- Artist: Hana Georg
- Title: This Day in History: April 13, 1919
- Album: This Day in History
- Length: 1.94 MB
- Format: Stereo 44kHz
The Amritsar Massacre occurred in Northwestern India, lasting only 10 minutes but claiming thousands of lives. A group of about 10,000 men, women and children had gathered to celebrate a Sikh religious festival when a British General Reginald Dyer arrived unannounced, and without warning ordered fifty of his men to open fire on the crowd. The soldiers fired continuously for about 10 minutes, using over 1600 rounds. Somewhere between one and two thousand Indian people were killed and thousands more were injured. This massacre was a response to resistance in India against British colonial control.
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