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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | city in n. india, commander general reginald dyer banned public meetings and arrived with 50 soldiers and no warning, in 10 minutes1,000 dead | 3 sets | |
| 2 | civil disobedience, fired in2 thickest art of crowd, 100s killed | 3 sets | |
| 3 | 0 | 2 sets | |
| 4 | convinced indians that india needed to govern itself | 2 sets | |
| 5 | british troops fired into a crowd of ghandi's followers killing hundreds of civilians | 1 set | |
| 6 | 1919- british invaded spain. many spaniards were killed. | 1 set | |
| 7 | the british attack on a hindu and muslim protest that led millions of indians to become nationalists | 1 set | |
| 8 | ? | 1 set | |
| 9 | during 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 crowd | 1 set | |
| 10 | 1919 people got killed in india by brittish for standing in groups | 1 set | |
| 11 | april 13, 1919: firing for ten minutes, 379 fatalities and 1500 casualties... gandhi saw this as india's need for indepence | 1 set | |
| 12 | massacre held in amritsar | 1 set | |
| 13 | this event sprung gandhi into action and rallied the indian people | 1 set | |
| 14 | 4/13/1919- 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 seperation | 1 set | |
| 15 | gb fires into crowd and publicly humiliates indians | 1 set | |
| 16 | april 13, 1919 large public meeting was held in heart of city | 1 set | |
| 17 | indian city...post wwi british crackdown on indian terrorism..curfew imposed by british...violated by indians...british opened fire...gandhi joined the nationalist movement | 1 set | |
| 18 | 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 | |
| 19 | peaceful protest, british open fire, killing thousands of innocent and unarmed people | 1 set | |
| 20 | british massacre of innocent civilians in amritsar (1919), impetus for ghandi to lead india's struggle for independence from britain | 1 set | |
| 21 | in 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 britian | 1 set | |
| 22 | when 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 | |
| 23 | 1920. 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 | |
| 24 | causes indian nationalism for first time | 1 set | |
| 25 | public meetings were banned therefore general dyer and 50 soldiers opened fire on unarmed people | 1 set | |
| 26 | in 10 minutes they killed 379 people and wounded 1,000 | 1 set | |
| 27 | 10,000 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 | |
| 28 | city in northern india that protested against british rule | 1 set | |
| 29 | an event in which british troops fired on a large crowd of peaceful protestors. killing 400 | 1 set | |
| 30 | where amritsar opened fire on indians and killed 400 and wounded 1,200 | 1 set | |
| 31 | british armies poened fire on unarmed indians | 1 set | |
| 32 | indians gathered in amritsar, where british troops fired on the crowd killing several hundred. this sparked further protests | 1 set | |
| 33 | name for the british, led by general dyer, firing on a crowd of peaceful protestors | 1 set | |
| 34 | on 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 | |
| 35 | slaughter were 1200 were wounded . | 1 set | |
| 36 | which 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 | |
| 37 | in 1919 british troops fired upon unarmed indians killing 100's | 1 set | |
| 38 | 1919 in which british troops fired on an unamed crowd of indians | 1 set | |
| 39 | to protest the rowlatt act, indians gathered in amritsar, where british troops fired on the crowd killing several hundred. this sparked further protests | 1 set | |
| 40 | 4/13/1919 general dyer had his troops open fire on a group of indians who were meeting peacefully | 1 set | |