Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
On 13 April 1919, villagers in the city of Amritsar in Punjab, India, gathered in the gardens of Jallianwala Bagh to celebrate Vaisakhi and peacefully protest the arrest and deportation of two prominent Indian political leaders and freedom fighters. Suddenly, without warning, British Indian Army forces entered the Bagh, blocked the main entrance, and opened fire. At least 379 Indians were killed, some claimed over 1,000. One man's mistaken conviction that the peaceful villagers were starting an insurrection and his decision to open fire would set off a chain reaction that ultimately led to India's independence from British rule, 30 years later.
Please note that this program was made in 1999. Britain has never formally apologised to India for the Amritsar massacre, but in 2019, 100 years after Col. Dyer ordered his troops to open fire on the villagers, the British government expressed 'regret' for the incident.
On 13 April 1919, villagers in the city of Amritsar in Punjab, India, gathered in the gardens of Jallianwala Bagh to celebrate Vaisakhi and peacefully protest the arrest and deportation of two prominent Indian political leaders and freedom fighters. Suddenly, without warning, British Indian Army forces entered the Bagh, blocked the main entrance, and opened fire. At least 379 Indians were killed, some claimed over 1,000. One man's mistaken conviction that the peaceful villagers were starting an insurrection and his decision to open fire would set off a chain reaction that ultimately led to India's independence from British rule, 30 years later.
Please note that this program was made in 1999. Britain has never formally apologised to India for the Amritsar massacre, but in 2019, 100 years after Col. Dyer ordered his troops to open fire on the villagers, the British government expressed 'regret' for the incident.
