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1city in n. india, commander general reginald dyer banned public meetings and arrived with 50 soldiers and no warning, in 10 minutes1,000 dead3 sets
2civil disobedience, fired in2 thickest art of crowd, 100s killed3 sets
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4convinced indians that india needed to govern itself2 sets
5british troops fired into a crowd of ghandi's followers killing hundreds of civilians1 set
61919- british invaded spain. many spaniards were killed.1 set
7the british attack on a hindu and muslim protest that led millions of indians to become nationalists1 set
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9during the british empire, 400 killed in response to rowlatt acts which said that no groups could meet in the street, led by general dyer who was nasty and racist, men ordered to massacre an unarmed crowd1 set
101919 people got killed in india by brittish for standing in groups1 set
11april 13, 1919: firing for ten minutes, 379 fatalities and 1500 casualties... gandhi saw this as india's need for indepence1 set
12massacre held in amritsar1 set
13this event sprung gandhi into action and rallied the indian people1 set
144/13/1919- 10,000 indians gather for nationalism, defying dyer's wishes. dyer orders open fire, killing 379 and wounding 1100. deepens india's distrust of british, called for complete seperation1 set
15gb fires into crowd and publicly humiliates indians1 set
16april 13, 1919 large public meeting was held in heart of city1 set
17indian city...post wwi british crackdown on indian terrorism..curfew imposed by british...violated by indians...british opened fire...gandhi joined the nationalist movement1 set
18british troops fired on a crowd of unarmed indian protesters, killing a large number. it left a permanent scar on indo-british relations and was the prelude to mahatma gandhi's non-cooperation movement of 1920–22.1 set
19peaceful protest, british open fire, killing thousands of innocent and unarmed people1 set
20british massacre of innocent civilians in amritsar (1919), impetus for ghandi to lead india's struggle for independence from britain1 set
21in 1919, general dyer opened fire on 10,000 indians gathered in a public area, killing 379 and wounding 1,100. it led to violence and the call for complete separation from great britian1 set
22when 10,000 hindus and muslims flocked to amristar to fast and pray and listen to political speeches to protest the rowlatt act. they did not know that the british had banned public meetings and they were shot at without warning. sparked the change from the indians being loyal to the british to being revolutionaries.1 set
231920. the killing of hundreds of peaceful protesters protesting the rowlatt acts, under the pretext of an illegal meeting of a large group of people. this was ordered by reginald dyer and began gandhi's civil disobedience campaign.1 set
24causes indian nationalism for first time1 set
25public meetings were banned therefore general dyer and 50 soldiers opened fire on unarmed people1 set
26in 10 minutes they killed 379 people and wounded 1,0001 set
2710,000 hindus and muslims met to protest the rowlatt act. these people were unaware of the ban of public meetings and the british, led by general reginald dyer, began to shoot on the people. 400 indians were killed with another 1200 left wounded. this raised great anger among millions of indians.1 set
28city in northern india that protested against british rule1 set
29an event in which british troops fired on a large crowd of peaceful protestors. killing 4001 set
30where amritsar opened fire on indians and killed 400 and wounded 1,2001 set
31british armies poened fire on unarmed indians1 set
32indians gathered in amritsar, where british troops fired on the crowd killing several hundred. this sparked further protests1 set
33name for the british, led by general dyer, firing on a crowd of peaceful protestors1 set
34on 10 april 1919 in amritsar, the holy city of the sikhs (see sikh wars), rioting broke out following the arrest of nationalist leaders by british authorities. some europeans were killed, british women attacked, and british commercial interests burned. on 13 april, 20, 000 protesters crammed into the jallianwala bagh, an enclosed square. the local british commander, brig gen reginald dyer, arrived with a company of troops. he gave the order to open fire. in a matter of minutes, 1, 650 bullets were fired into the crowd, killing 397, including women and children, and wounding 1, 500. in 1920, an official inquiry condemned the massacre and dyer was forced to retire. he nevertheless enjoyed some public support in britain and remained convinced that he had carried out his duty, arguing that he had neither panicked nor overreacted, but taken deliberately firm action to suppress a potentially explosive situation.1 set
35slaughter were 1200 were wounded .1 set
36which british troops fired on a crowd of unarmed indian protesters, killing a large number. it left a permanent scar on indo-british relations and was the prelude to mahatma gandhi’s non-cooperation movement of 1920–22.1 set
37in 1919 british troops fired upon unarmed indians killing 100's1 set
381919 in which british troops fired on an unamed crowd of indians1 set
39to protest the rowlatt act, indians gathered in amritsar, where british troops fired on the crowd killing several hundred. this sparked further protests1 set
404/13/1919 general dyer had his troops open fire on a group of indians who were meeting peacefully1 set