4272 x 2848 px | 36,2 x 24,1 cm | 14,2 x 9,5 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
23. August 2009
Ort:
Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab, India
Weitere Informationen:
Jallianwala Bagh is a garden inside the city of Amritsar in North India that is situated right next to the Golden Temple. In 1919, during the fight for Indian independence from the British, a mass of unarmed demonstrators shouting slogans were fired upon by British forces lead by General Dyer, wounding or killing more than 1500 people. This was a horrible massacre that shocked the country.On April 13, 1919, there was already some tension in Punjab for the past few days because of firing and other attacks that had killed Indian and Britishers both, and martial law had been implemented in Punjab. The administration was under fear that there would be widespread protests against British rule and were looking to send a tough message. In this situation, there was a large gathering at Jallianwala Bagh. Into this marched General Dyer with around 90 soldiers of the British Indian army, and ordered them to block exists and fire on the crowd with the intention to kill. Within a period of 10 minutes, the soldiers fired around 1650 rounds of ammunition, continuing to fire until the ammunition was almost finished. After this, curfew was declared and hence the wounded could not be immediately rushed to hospital, resulting in many of the wounded dying. The official enquiry resulted in a total count of 350, but this was disputed, with the unofficial count being around 1500 casualties. The massacre site continued to be a horror for the country, and after Indian independence in 1947, there were efforts to set up a memorial and garden at the site, including the preservation of the bullet holes in brick walls as well as the well in which many people jumped to run from the bullets and died.
