History & Civics
Answer the questions based on the picture given here:
(a) Name the place where this Memorial was built.
(b) The Memorial reminds people of what tragic event.
OR
Give a brief account of that disastrous event and other brutalities that followed it.
(c) Name the two popular leaders who were arrested and deported before this event.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Answer
(a) The Central Pillar of the Memorial was constructed at Jallianwala Bagh.
(b) The Memorial reminds people of the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy.
- On 11 April, General Dyer arrived and took command of the city.
- Proclamations were issued prohibiting all meetings and processions.
- On 13 April, 1919 a public meeting took place at Jallianwala Bagh in defiance of the orders.
- The Jallianwala Bagh was an open space surrounded by the backs of houses on three sides and having only one narrow entrance through the congested lanes of the city.
- General Dyer without any warning opened fire upon the peaceful crowd and continued firing on them until all his ammunition was exhausted.
- According to the official figures, some four hundred people were killed and about two hundred wounded. But the Congress Inquiry Committee put the figure of the dead not less than 1,000.
(c) On 10th April two prominent leaders, Dr. Satpal and Dr. Kitchlew, were unnecessarily deported from Amritsar before this event.
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