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Jallianwala bagh massacre







       • In 1919, the British introduced the


           Rowlatt Act.



       • on 10 April 1919, many Indians


           assembled for a peaceful meeting,


           to protest against the Rowlatt Act.



       • General Dyer, an officer of the


           British Army, blocked the only exit

           of the Jallianwala Bagh and


           ordered his men to open fire at


           the crowd.
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