Michael O’Dwyer

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British colonial administrator civil servant human

Michael O’Dwyer was a British colonial administrator who served as Lieutenant Governor of Punjab and became infamous for endorsing the brutal repression that culminated in the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Michael O'Dwyer	0	5

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colonial administrator → civil servant → human →
appliesToPart	tenure as Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab →
associatedWith	Amritsar → British Empire → Punjab →
awardReceived	Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India → Order of the Indian Empire → surface form: Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
burialPlace	London, England →
causeOfDeath	assassination →
countryOfBirth	Ireland →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
dateOfBirth	1864-04-28 →
dateOfDeath	1940-03-13 →
describedBySource	historical accounts of British India →
educatedAt	St Stanislaus College, Tullabeg → Trinity College Dublin →
employer	British India → surface form: British Raj Government of India →
endorsed	General Reginald Dyer’s actions at Jallianwala Bagh →
endTime	1919 →
ethnicGroup	Irish →
hasReputation	controversial figure in colonial Indian history →
hasRole	colonial governor →
honorificTitle	Sir →
killedBy	Udham Singh →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Indian Civil Service →
notableEvent	Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 → surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
notableFor	role in events surrounding the Jallianwala Bagh massacre →
notableWork	India as I Knew It →
occupation	administrator → author →
opposedBy	Indian nationalists →
participatedIn	repression of the Indian independence movement in Punjab →
placeOfBirth	Barronstown, County Tipperary, Ireland →
placeOfDeath	Caxton Hall, London → surface form: Caxton Hall, Westminster, London, England
positionHeld	Indian Civil Service → surface form: Indian Civil Service officer Chief Commissioner of the Central Provinces → surface form: Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	London, England → surface form: London Punjab →
startTime	1913 →
supported	repressive measures in Punjab in 1919 →