On 13th April 1919, the British Brigadier-General R. E. H. Dyer ordered his men to surround the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, India where a large number of peaceful protesters had gathered (it was also a festival hence their gathering). The general ordered his men to shoot into the crowd with no warning and ordered his men to keep shooting till they ran out of ammunition. Over a thousand deaths of civilian men, women and children. When questioned, the General admitted knowing the outcome of his action’s and said he wanted to make a statement. The British Government has still not apologised to this day for the heinous actions of its officer.
Winston Churchill, in the House of Commons debate of 8 July 1920, said, "The crowd was unarmed, except with bludgeons. It was not attacking anybody or anything ... When fire had been opened upon it to disperse it, it tried to run away. Pinned up in a narrow place considerably smaller than Trafalgar Square, with hardly any exits, and packed together so that one bullet would drive through three or four bodies, the people ran madly this way and the other. When the fire was directed upon the centre, they ran to the sides. The fire was then directed to the sides. Many threw themselves down on the ground, the fire was then directed down on the ground. This was continued to 8 to 10 minutes, and it stopped only when the ammunition had reached the point of exhaustion."
jagmania85 on November 24th, 2021 at 10:55 UTC »
On 13th April 1919, the British Brigadier-General R. E. H. Dyer ordered his men to surround the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, India where a large number of peaceful protesters had gathered (it was also a festival hence their gathering). The general ordered his men to shoot into the crowd with no warning and ordered his men to keep shooting till they ran out of ammunition. Over a thousand deaths of civilian men, women and children. When questioned, the General admitted knowing the outcome of his action’s and said he wanted to make a statement. The British Government has still not apologised to this day for the heinous actions of its officer.
TheNaughtyMonkey on November 24th, 2021 at 13:04 UTC »
Spartan2470 on November 24th, 2021 at 14:07 UTC »
Here is a MUCH higher quality version of this image. Here is the source. Here is the scene.
TLDR: This is image is from the movie Gandhi (1982). Thanks for the correction GANDHI-BOT.