Why is Jallianwalabag remembered?

In connection with the anti-Rowlatt agitation the British Police authorities in Punjab put under arrest two most popular Congressite leaders, namely, Dr. Satyapal and Dr. Kitchlew.

In protest against the arrest peaceful demonstrations were held all over the country, and obviously, the intensity of demonstration in Punjab was much higher than anywhere else.

On 13 April, 1919 about 10,000 peaceful crowds assembled at the Jallianwalabag (a garden) in Amritsar to attend a protest-meeting defying the prohibitive order issued by Michael O’ Dwyer, the Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab.

Incidentally, the Jallianwalabag was a disused garden with its three sides obstructed by massive buildings. Only on one side there was no building and four or five narrow lanes led into the Bagh.

However, when the assembled crowd was listening to the speeches Brigadier Dyer deployed troops and suddenly opened fire to the crowd without any previous warning.

According to various estimates about 1000 people were killed and a few hundreds injured The incident is remembered as one of the shameful acts on the part of the British government in India.