Reginald Dyer was relieved of command

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British Army officer human

Reginald Dyer was a British Army officer notorious for ordering the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar, India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Order of the Bath ⓘ
surface form: Companion of the Order of the Bath
causeOfDeath cerebral hemorrhage ⓘ
conflict North-West Frontier campaigns ⓘ
Third Anglo-Burmese War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
continentOfBirth Asia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfDeath United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfEvent British India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1864-10-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1927-07-23 ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1919-04-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Bishop Cotton School, Shimla ⓘ
Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ
ethnicGroup British ⓘ
eventParticipatedIn Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
familyName Dyer ⓘ
forcedToRetire 1920 ⓘ
British Indian Army ⓘ
givenName Reginald ⓘ
hasNotableCritic Rabindranath Tagore ⓘ
Winston Churchill ⓘ
historicalReputation widely condemned for brutality at Amritsar ⓘ
investigatedBy Hunter Commission ⓘ
militaryBranch British Indian Army ⓘ
militaryRank brigadier general ⓘ
colonel ⓘ
notableFor Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
numberOfRoundsFired approximately 1650 ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
ordered firing on unarmed crowd at Jallianwala Bagh ⓘ
placeOfBirth Murree ⓘ
placeOfDeath Long Ashton ⓘ
placeOfEvent Amritsar ⓘ
Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial ⓘ
surface form: Jallianwala Bagh

Punjab ⓘ
positionHeld acting brigadier general in Amritsar ⓘ
officer commanding troops in Amritsar ⓘ
relievedOfCommand 1919 ⓘ
after Hunter Commission report ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence England ⓘ
India ⓘ
responsibleFor mass killing of civilians at Jallianwala Bagh ⓘ
subjectOf Hunter Commission inquiry ⓘ

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Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 → aftermath → Reginald Dyer was relieved of command ⓘ
Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 → aftermath → Reginald Dyer was relieved of command ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reginald Dyer was forced to retire