Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919

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historical event massacre political repression

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919 was a brutal incident in Amritsar where British troops fired on a large, unarmed gathering of Indians, killing and injuring hundreds and galvanizing the Indian independence movement.

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Jallianwala Bagh massacre 29
Amritsar massacre 3
Jallianwala Bagh 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
aftermath Reginald Dyer was relieved of command ⓘ
surface form: Reginald Dyer was forced to retire

Reginald Dyer was relieved of command ⓘ
no major criminal punishment for Reginald Dyer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
surface form: Amritsar massacre

Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
commander Reginald Dyer ⓘ
commemoratedOn 13 April each year ⓘ
countryAtTheTime British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj
crowdSizeEstimate thousands ⓘ
crowdWas unarmed ⓘ
date 1919-04-13 ⓘ
day 13 April 1919 ⓘ
firingDuration about 10 minutes ⓘ
gatheringPurpose Baisakhi celebration ⓘ
protest against the Rowlatt Act ⓘ
governorOfPunjabAtTheTime Michael O’Dwyer ⓘ
impactOnGandhi led Mahatma Gandhi to launch the Non-Cooperation Movement ⓘ
impactOnMovement galvanized the Indian independence movement ⓘ
IndianEstimatesDeaths over 1,000 ⓘ
IndianEstimatesInjured over 1,500 ⓘ
investigatedBy Hunter Commission ⓘ
location Amritsar ⓘ
British India ⓘ
Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jallianwala Bagh

Punjab ⓘ
memorialAtSite Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial ⓘ
memorialEstablished 1951 ⓘ
numberOfTroopsInvolved approximately 50 ⓘ
officialBritishDeathToll 379 ⓘ
officialBritishInjured over 1,000 ⓘ
orderedBy Reginald Dyer ⓘ
partOf Indian independence movement history ⓘ
perpetrator British Indian Army ⓘ
relatedAssassination assassination of Michael O’Dwyer in 1940 by Udham Singh ⓘ
relatedLaw Rowlatt Act ⓘ
resultedIn international condemnation of British rule in India ⓘ
mass civilian casualties ⓘ
widespread outrage in India ⓘ
roundsFiredEstimate about 1,650 rounds ⓘ
symbolOf British colonial brutality in India ⓘ
tookPlaceOn Baisakhi ⓘ
typeOfTroops Baluchi soldiers ⓘ
Gurkha units ⓘ
surface form: Gurkha soldiers

Sikh soldiers ⓘ
weaponsUsed machine guns (not fired into the crowd due to narrow entrance) ⓘ
rifles ⓘ
year 1919 ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British India → notableEvent → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 → alsoKnownAs → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 → alsoKnownAs → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amritsar massacre
Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 → location → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh
Indian independence movement → significantEvent → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Hunter Commission → investigatedEvent → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Reginald Dyer was relieved of command → notableFor → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
subject surface form: Reginald Dyer
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Reginald Dyer was relieved of command → eventParticipatedIn → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
subject surface form: Reginald Dyer
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Non-Cooperation Movement → triggeredBy → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Michael O’Dwyer → notableEvent → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial → commemorates → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial → associatedEvent → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial → namedAfter → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh
Reginald Dyer → notableFor → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Amritsar → historicalEvent → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919
Lord Chelmsford → notableEventDuringTenure → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Dyer → event → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
subject surface form: Reginald Dyer
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Dyer → associatedWithEvent → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Rowlatt Satyagraha → relatedEvent → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Thomas Smith → investigated → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
subject surface form: Hunter Commission
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
India as I Knew It → mainSubject → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
India as I Knew It → aboutEvent → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Udham Singh → victimOfMassacre → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Udham Singh → associatedWithEvent → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
The Butcher of Amritsar → associatedEvent → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
William Fraser → locationOfEvent → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
subject surface form: Hunter Commission
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Amritsar district → hasHistoricalEvent → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Frances Annie Dyer → associatedWithEvent → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Amritsar session of the Indian National Congress (1919) → hasCause → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Punjab Province under British India → notableEvent → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
subject surface form: Punjab Province (British India)
this entity surface form: Punjab disturbances of 1919
Punjab Province under British India → notableEvent → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
subject surface form: Punjab Province (British India)
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Harry → eventParticipatedIn → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
subject surface form: Harry Dyer
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Harry → associatedWith → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
subject surface form: Harry Dyer
this entity surface form: Amritsar massacre
Hunter Commission report on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre → subjectOf → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Hunter Commission report on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre → follows → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Hunter Commission report on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre → topic → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amritsar massacre
British colonial authorities in India → significantEvent → Jallianwala Bagh massacre 1919 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jallianwala Bagh massacre