Hunter Commission

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The Hunter Commission was a British-appointed committee of inquiry established in 1919 to investigate the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and related events in Punjab.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British government committee
commission of inquiry
appliesToJurisdiction British India
Punjab
appointedBy Colonial Office
surface form: British Government of India

Secretary of State for India
archivesAt National Archives of India
The National Archives
surface form: The National Archives (United Kingdom)
chairperson Lord William Hunter
concludedThat Reginald Dyer
surface form: General Dyer committed a grave error

firing at Jallianwala Bagh was unjustified
country United Kingdom
criticized excessive use of force in Punjab
indiscriminate arrests and floggings
endTime early 1920s
followedBy parliamentary debate in British House of Commons
public outrage in India
hasMember Chimanlal Harilal Setalvad
George C. Rankin
Hugh Fraser
Jagat Narayan
S. N. Bannerjee
Thomas Smith
William Fraser
William Hunter
hasPurpose investigation of Jallianwala Bagh massacre
investigation of disturbances in Punjab in 1919
historicalPeriod Indian independence movement
inception 1919
investigatedEvent Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919
surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre

civil disturbances in Punjab 1919
martial law administration in Punjab 1919
languageOfWork English
locationOfHearings Amritsar
Gujranwala
Lahore
namedAfter Lord William Hunter
opposedBy Indian National Congress
Punjab leaders
partOf British response to Rowlatt Act unrest
perceivedAs whitewashing of British responsibility by Indian nationalists
producedWork Hunter Commission self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hunter Commission Report
recommended disciplinary action against Reginald Dyer
reforms in martial law procedures
significantPersonInProceedings Mahatma Gandhi
Michael O’Dwyer
surface form: Michael O'Dwyer

Rabindranath Tagore
Reginald Dyer

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Hunter Commission producedWork Hunter Commission self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hunter Commission Report
Reginald Dyer was relieved of command investigatedBy Hunter Commission
subject surface form: Reginald Dyer
Reginald Dyer subjectOf Hunter Commission
this entity surface form: Hunter Commission inquiry
Thomas Smith memberOf Hunter Commission
Jagat Narayan memberOf Hunter Commission
William Fraser memberOf Hunter Commission
William Fraser participatedIn Hunter Commission
this entity surface form: Hunter Commission inquiry
George C. Rankin memberOf Hunter Commission