95th Anniversary Of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

AMRITSAR, INDIA - APRIL 12: Members of All-India Anti-Terrorist Front (AIATF) paying tribute to the martyrs on the eve of 95th anniversary of Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Jallianwala Bagh on April 12, 2014 in Amritsar, India. The 1919 Amritsar massacre, known alternatively as the Jallianwala Bagh massacre after the Jallianwala Bagh (Garden) in the northern Indian city of Amritsar, was ordered by General R.E.H. Dyer. On Sunday April 13, 1919, which happened to be 'Baisakhi', one of Punjab's largest religious festivals, fifty British Indian Army soldiers, commanded by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer, began shooting at an unarmed gathering of men, women, and children without warning. Dyer marched his fifty riflemen to a raised bank and ordered them to kneel and fire. Dyer ordered soldiers to reload their rifles several times and they were ordered to shoot to kill. Official British Raj sources estimated the fatalities at 379, and with 1,100 wounded. Civil Surgeon Dr Williams DeeMeddy indicated that there were 1,526 casualties. However, the casualty number quoted by the Indian National Congress was more than 1,500, with roughly 1,000 killed. (Photo by Sameer Sehgal/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)