| On 12th April, 1919, a proclamation was issued by General Dwyer, that no meetings or gathering of the people were to be held. There was a public meeting on the 13th of April at 4.30 P.M. in the Jallianwalla
Bagh, a public courtyard, which neither General Dwyer nor other authorities took any action to stop. The Jallianwallabagh is closed practically on all sides except at the entrance. General Dwyer entered the Jallianwala Bagh with armored cars and troops, and ordered them to fire and continue to do so till the whole of the ammunition at his disposal was exhausted. The victims were unarmed, peaceful people, consisting of men, women and children, congregated at a public meeting. Hundreds were massacred. The carnage, of such heinous magnitude awakened the whole country. Dwyer did not escape the crime without retribution, Sardar Udham Singh slew him in 1940.
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