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*[http://www.25thlondon.com/amritsar.htm Amritsar uprising 1919 & the 1/25th London Battalion] including a [http://www.25thlondon.com/amritsar2.htm detailed account]  from [http://www.25thlondon.com/index.htm 25th County of London Cyclist Battalion, The London Regiment] <br>
 
*[http://www.25thlondon.com/amritsar.htm Amritsar uprising 1919 & the 1/25th London Battalion] including a [http://www.25thlondon.com/amritsar2.htm detailed account]  from [http://www.25thlondon.com/index.htm 25th County of London Cyclist Battalion, The London Regiment] <br>
 
*[http://www.readex.com/blog/jallianwala-bagh-landmark-struggle-freedom "Jallianwala Bagh: A Landmark in the Struggle for Freedom"] by Tim Russell 20 March 2013 Readex blog.
 
*[http://www.readex.com/blog/jallianwala-bagh-landmark-struggle-freedom "Jallianwala Bagh: A Landmark in the Struggle for Freedom"] by Tim Russell 20 March 2013 Readex blog.
*[http://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/i-had-to-fire-well-jallianwala-bagh-butcher-gen-dyer-s-testimony/article1-1336779.aspx "I had to fire well: Jallianwala Bagh butcher Gen Dyer's testimony"] by Abhishek Saha, April 13, 2015 ''Hindustan Times''  
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*[http://www.hindustantimes.com/analysis/i-had-to-fire-well-jallianwala-bagh-butcher-gen-dyer-s-testimony/article1-1336779.aspx "I had to fire well: Jallianwala Bagh butcher Gen Dyer's testimony"] by Abhishek Saha, April 13, 2015 ''Hindustan Times''
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAxUMVoclV4 "The Amritsar Massacre: Myth and Reality"] by Dr Nick Lloyd 13 February 2008. Defence Academy of the United Kingdom YouTube video, 42 minutes duration.
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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

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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

External links

Historical books online

Evidence taken before the Disorders Inquiry Committee: Vol. III- Amritsar, Vol. IV- Lahore and Kasur, Vol. V- Gujranwala, Gujrat, Lyallpur and Punjab Provincial Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Collection.
Vol.1 - Delhi; Vol.2 - Bombay Presidency; Vol.3 - Vol.4 - Vol.5 HathiTrust Digital Library accessible by those in regions such as North America. Volumes 6 and 7 (confidential, 1920 British Library IOR/V/26/262/8-9) were first unrestrictedly published in 1975.
Unofficial History by Field Marshal Sir William Slim 1962, first published 1959. Archive.org Lending Library.
"Aid to the Civil" page 75. “This narrative…is a composite one, made up from the events on three occasions on which the military aided the civil power” (footnote, page 75). Probably c 1919. He was based at Gurampur Fort which is probably a fictional name.