Amritsar
- 1919 anti-British protest took place
- Holiest city for the Sikhs
- Protesters were unarmed
- British overreacted - 379 protesters were killed; 1000 wounded
Quote
''I think it quite possible that I could have dispersed the crowd without firing but they would have come back again and laughed, and I would have made, what I consider, a fool of myself.''- General Dyer
Subjective Question
Why did the British over-react to this incident ?
Summary
In Amritsar, the holiest cities of the Sikhs, there was an anti british protest. Though the protestors were unarmed, 379 protestors were killed, and 1000 were injured.