Jallianwala Bagh massacre – what happened in Amritsar 100 years ago and what has Theresa May said about it?

HUNDREDS of Indian civilians have been killed by British troops in Amritsar in one of many darkest acts in British historical past.

However what’s the Jallianwala Bagh bloodbath and the way many individuals have been killed?

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What occurred within the 1919 Amristar bloodbath?

Additionally known as the Jallianwala Bagh bloodbath, the occasion is called one of the vital shameful moments in British historical past.

On April 13, 1919, troops from the British Indian Military fired rifles right into a crowd of Indians who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab.

That they had gathered for a peaceable protest to sentence the arrest and deportation of two nationwide leaders Satya Pal and Saifuddin Kitchlew.

Underneath the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer, villagers, who had gathered for the day of Baisakhi, have been shot and killed.

The order to proceed taking pictures carried on even when individuals tried to flee the horror.

What number of died within the Amristar bloodbath?

Dyer acknowledged in a Report back to the Normal Officer Commanding that “I hear that between 200 and 300 of the group have been killed.”

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He claims 1,650 rounds have been fired, a quantity apparently derived by counting empty cartridge instances picked up by the troops.

The Hunter Fee report on the incident, revealed the next yr by the Authorities of India, criticised each Dyer, and the Authorities of the Punjab for failing to compile a casualty rely, so quoted a determine supplied by the Sewa Samati (A Social Companies Society) of 379 recognized lifeless, with roughly 1,100 wounded, of which 192 have been critically injured.

The casualty quantity estimated by the Indian Nationwide Congress was greater than 1,500 injured, with roughly 1,000 lifeless.

How is the Amristar bloodbath linked to the Queen assassination try?

The masked intruder who tried to get inside Windsor Fortress on Christmas Day, 2021, after posting a menace to assassinate the Queen has been linked to the Amristar bloodbath.

Suspect Jaswant Singh Chail was sectioned below the Psychological Well being Act after he was held by armed police.

The 19-year-old was 500 metres from the Queen’s personal flats, contained in the citadel grounds.

Chail, often known as Jas, was arrested whereas allegedly armed with a crossbow after scaling a spiked fence with a rope ladder.

Footage was despatched to friends from 19-year-old Chail’s Snapchat account 24 minutes earlier than armed officers pounced on him on Christmas Day morning.

Within the video clip, he says: “I’m sorry. I’m sorry for what I’ve executed and what I’ll do. I’ll try to assassinate Elizabeth, Queen of the Royal Household.

“That is revenge for many who have died within the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh bloodbath.

“It’s also revenge for many who have been killed, humiliated and discriminated on due to their race.

“I’m an Indian Sikh, a Sith. My title was Jaswant Singh Chail, my title is Darth Jones.”

The suspect added that he didn’t anticipate to outlive the assault on the Queen.

Armed police nabbed the 19-year-old intruder at 8.30am after he ­triggered alarms and was noticed on CCTV.

It was understood the Met has taken on the investigation as a result of the suspect was arrested inside the grounds and likewise due to the ­critical nature of the break-in.

In a message despatched on Snapchat alongside the video, the teenager wrote: “I’m sorry to all of those that I’ve wronged or lied to.

“You probably have acquired this then my loss of life is close to. Please share this with whoever and if attainable get it to the information in the event that they’re .”