Amritsar Massacre
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The Amritsar Massacre occurred in 1919 in Amritsar, India. [1]
The local colonial commander, Brigadier General Reginald Dyer, had previously issued an order that all Indians passing through a particular street (where an English woman had been assaulted a few months prior) do so by crawling on all fours. A crowd of over 5000 had gathered to protest this oppression. Dyer ordered his troops to fire on the peaceably assembled crowd; about 1650 rounds were fired, killing almost 400 and wounding about 1500.
The Indians were outraged and demanded independence from Britain. A memorial to the victims, called the Flame of Liberty, was inaugurated in 1961.
