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===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/punjabdisturbanc01lahouoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Punjab disturbances, April 1919; compiled from the Civil and military gazette''] 1919 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/punjabdisturbanc01lahouoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Punjab disturbances, April 1919; compiled from the Civil and military gazette''] 1919 Archive.org
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/351510 ''Amritsar And Our Duty To India''] by B.G. Horniman 1920. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.  Republished in 1980 in India under the title ''British Oppression in Punjab''.  
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/351510 ''Amritsar And Our Duty To India''] by B.G. Horniman 1920. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.  Republished in 1980 in India under the title ''British Oppression in Punjab''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.351510 Archive.org mirror version].
*''India As I Knew It, 1885–1925'' by Sir Michael Francis O’Dwyer 1925 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, with a choice of  three different files. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/276594 Pdf download] for one of those files. in 1885 the author was posted to Shahpur in the Punjab and retired as lieutenant-governor of the Punjab in 1919. His actions during 1919 were controversial.
*''India As I Knew It, 1885–1925'' by Sir Michael Francis O’Dwyer 1925 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, with a choice of  three different files. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/276594 Pdf download] for one of those files. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.276594 Archive.org mirror version] In 1885 the author was posted to Shahpur in the Punjab and retired as lieutenant-governor of the Punjab in 1919. His actions during 1919 were controversial.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/127198 ''Massacre at Amritsar''] by Rupert Furneaux 1963. Full title: ''Massacre at Amritsar, etc. [With special reference to R. E. H. Dyer]''. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.  
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/127198 ''Massacre at Amritsar''] by Rupert Furneaux 1963. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127198 Archive.org mirror version]
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/118397 ''The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre''] by Raja Ram 1969.  Full title: ''The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. A Premeditated Plan''. Panjab University Publication Bureau. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/118397 ''The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre''] by Raja Ram 1969.  Full title: ''The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. A Premeditated Plan''. Panjab University Publication Bureau. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.118397 Archive.org mirror version]/
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The garden in 1919
Jallianwala Bagh

The Amritsar Massacre or Jallianwallah Bagh Massacre occured on 13 April 1919, when over 5,000 unarmed locals, who had gathered at Jallianwala Bagh (garden), Amritsar were fired upon by British Indian Army troops. The crowd was protesting the recently passed Rowlatt Act.

Around 90 troops under the command of Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer fired upon the gathering without giving any warning. Once the firing started, there was no escape from the garden as the main exit was blocked by the troops. The troops only stopped firing once they ran out of ammunition. Estimated casualties were 379 killed and 1,200 injured.

Spelling Variants

Modern name:Amritsar
Variants: Amritsir/Umritsar

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Historical books online