The Amritsar Massacre The Untold Story of One Fateful Day

by Lloyd, Nick

• ISBN13: 9781848857230
• ISBN10: 1848857233
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-10-15
• Publisher: Bloomsbury

Summary

On 13 April 1919, a fateful event took place which was to define the last decades of the British Raj in India. At 5:10pm on that day, Brigadier?General 'Rex' Dyer led a small party of soldiers through the centre of Amritsar into a walled garden known as the Jallianwala Bagh. He had been informed that an illegal political meeting was taking place and had come to disperse it. On entering the garden, Dyer's men immediately lined up in formation. Dyer then gave the order to open fire on the huge crowd that had gathered there. 379 people were killed and at least 1,000 more were wounded in what has became known as the Amritsar Massacre.

Author Biography

Nick Lloyd is a Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department, King's College London at Joint Services Command and Staff College, Defence Academy of the UK. He is the author of Loos 1915 (2006) and holds a PhD from University of Birmingham.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
List of Maps	p. x
Abbreviations	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Preface: Massacre at the Jallianwala Bagh	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xxv
Beginnings
The Raj in an Age of Change	p. 3
The Great War and Reform in India	p. 15
Gandhi and the Rowlatt Satyagraha	p. 25
Hartals, Processions and Arrests	p. 37
Violence in Ahmedabad	p. 47
O'Dwyer in the Punjab	p. 57
Disturbances
A 'Great Calamity' in Amritsar	p. 69
A 'Terrible Quietness'	p. 79
Protest and Response in Lahore	p. 89
A 'Serious Rising' at Kasur	p. 99
The 'High-Water Mark'	p. 109
Causes and Conspiracies	p. 121
Aftermath
The Introduction of Martial Law	p. 131
'Fancy Punishments' and 'Erratic Acts'	p. 141
Lord Hunter and the Disorders Inquiry Committee	p. 151
Debates and Disagreements	p. 163
Dyer and the Jallianwala Bagh	p. 173
Shadows of Amritsar	p. 185
Conclusion: Amritsar and the British in India	p. 195
Epilogue: Operation Blue Star	p. 205
Notes	p. 211
Glossary of Selected Indian Words	p. 251
Bibliography	p. 253
Index	p. 261
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