{"id":15441,"date":"2013-01-27T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T17:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=15441"},"modified":"2013-01-27T12:10:17","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T17:10:17","slug":"jaliyanwalabagh-in-amritsar-massacre-of-innocents-by-british-during-indian-freedom-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=15441","title":{"rendered":"Jaliyanwalabagh in Amritsar: Massacre of Innocents by British During Indian Freedom Struggle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Text and pix by Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bullet wall with bullet marks<\/p>\n

J<\/strong>allianwala Bagh is a picturesque public garden in Amritsar in the State of Punjab of India, and houses a memorial of immense national significance.
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Stone plaque on the ground<\/p>\n

The Martyrs\u2019 park and the Martyrs\u2019 memorial were established in 1951 to commemorate the thousands of peaceful celebrators on the occasion of Punjabi New Year on 13 April 1919. The Punjabi New Year is also known as Baisakhi , Vaishakhi and Thanks Giving. The infamous massacre is also referred to as Jallianwala Bagh Massacre or Amritsar Massacre.<\/p>\n

Over 20,000 people were gathered on that fateful day when the shooting was ordered by Brigadier General R.E.H. Dyer, and his soldiers began indiscriminate firing at unarmed civilians including women, children and senior citizens without any warning, six minutes before the sunset.<\/p>\n

The British placed the fatalities at around 379, and another 1,100 wounded. However, a surgeon by the name of Dr. Smith had indicated that there were 1,526 casualties. The true figures of fatalities are unknown, but are likely to be much higher than the official figure of 379.<\/p>\n

The 6.5 acre garden site of the massacre is located in the vicinity of the Golden Temple complex, the holiest shrine of Sikhism. The monument is managed by Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Trust, established as per the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act passed by the Government of India in 1951.<\/p>\n

Martyrs\u2019 park attracts thousands of visitors daily eager to revisit history. The site includes \u201cHistorical Lane, Bullet Wall, Martyrs\u2019 Well, Martyrs\u2019 Monument, Martyrs\u2019 Gallery, Martyrs\u2019 Museum and signposts that lead to the exact locations where people were shot from. Bullet Wall still bears bullet holes marked in white. An orange flame continues to flicker even during winter cold at the entrance of the Jallainwala Bagh- a poignant tribute to those massacred. Amritsar Massacre was a turning point, and gave strength to the nationalist campaign to oust the British.<\/p>\n

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Flickering flame at the entrance to pay tribute<\/p>\n

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Narrow historical lane through which many have been shot dead<\/p>\n

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Martyr’s monument at Jallianwala Bagh<\/p>\n

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Winter view at the entrance<\/p>\n

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Thousands of visitors go to the Martyr’s Park to see the history<\/p>\n

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A tribute to the Nation’s Martyrs<\/p>\n

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Plaque to honour the people who struggled for India’s independence<\/p>\n

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Visitors during heavy winter<\/p>\n

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A kind notice to the visitors<\/p>\n

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A visitor is seen capturing the plaque near the bullet wall<\/p>\n

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Marty’s well at the park <\/p>\n

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Plaque near the Martyr’s well<\/p>\n

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Martyr’s gallery houses paintings<\/p>\n

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Visitors viewing the Martyr’s well<\/p>\n

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Pictorial on Ceylon Today of 27th of January 2013<\/p><\/div> courtesy: CeylonToday ~ via passionParade<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Text and pix by Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai Bullet wall with bullet marks Jallianwala Bagh is a picturesque public garden in Amritsar in the State of Punjab of India, and houses a memorial of immense national significance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15441"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15441"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15464,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15441\/revisions\/15464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}