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The Butcher Of Amritsar : General Reginald Dyer Nigel Collett

By: Language: English Publication details: London Hambledon continuum 2007Description: 575 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9798129107410
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 908.821092 COL ENG
Summary: On 13 April 1919, General Reginald Dyer marched a squad of Indian soldiers into the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, and opened fire without warning on a crowd gathered to hear political speeches. This is an account of the massacre set in the context of a biography of a man whose attitudes reflected many of the views common in the Raj.
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On 13 April 1919, General Reginald Dyer marched a squad of Indian soldiers into the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, and opened fire without warning on a crowd gathered to hear political speeches. This is an account of the massacre set in the context of a biography of a man whose attitudes reflected many of the views common in the Raj.

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