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Amritsar MassacreThe killing of 379 Indians (and wounding of 1,200) in Amritsar, at the site of a Sikh religious shrine in the Punjab in 1919. British troops under Gen Edward Dyer opened fire without warning on a crowd of some 10,000, assembled to protest against the arrest of two Indian National Congress leaders (see Congress Party). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The Amritsar massacre of 1919, for example, was the death
knell for British India because it radicalized a formerly circumspect
opposition. In an act of contrition for Britain's colonial past, Queen
Elizabeth came to this Punjab city Tuesday and paid 30 seconds of silent
homage at the site of the Amritsar massacre of April 13, 1919, one of
the British Empire's darkest days. |
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