Revisiting the Jallianwala Bagh massacre

On the 99th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, we revisit the tragedy and the key events that occurred soon after.BRIGADIER-GENERAL DYER'S QUESTIONING BY HUNTER COMMISSIONQ I think you had an opportunity to make up your mind while you were marching to decide what was the right course. You came to the conclusion that if there really was a meeting, the right thing for you would be to fire upon them straightaway?A I had made up my mind…Q No question of having your forces attacked entered into your consideration at all? A No, the situation was very very serious. I had made up my mind that I will do all men to death if they were going to continue the meeting.TAGORE RENOUNCES KNIGHTHOODRabindranath Tagore renounced his 1915 knighthood immediately after the massacre. In his protest letter to the viceroy on May 31, 1919, Tagore wrote” The time has come when the badge of honour makes our shame glaring in their incongruous text of humiliation, and I, for my part, wish to stand shorn of all special distinctions, by the side of those of my countrymen who, for their so-called insignificance are liable to suffer degradation not fit for human beings.”A painting depicting the massacre at the Jallianwala Bagh memorialThe entrance of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial Indira Gandhi addresses the crowd at the Jallianwala Bagh Survivors visiting the Jallianwala Bagh in 1919 a few months after the massacreBazaar leading to Jallianwala Bagh