Jallianwala Bagh
Jallianwala Bagh is a public garden in Amritsar, India, site of the 1919 massacre where British troops fired on unarmed civilians, killing hundreds.
The event became a turning point in Indian resistance to colonial rule.
The name, from the garden's former owner, now evokes colonial atrocity and the struggle for Indian independence.
- massacreLarge-scale unlawful killing
- AmritsarSikh pilgrimage center in India
- Quit India Movement1942 independence campaign
- PunjabSouth Asian agricultural region
- wellDug water source
remembrance ceremonies · civilian casualties · anti-colonialism · trapped · martial law · memorialization · national trauma · northern India · nonviolent protest · British imperialism · British Raj · civil disobedience · martyrdom · tragedy · bloodshed · freedom · garden · gunfire
- Indian historyancient India, Indian independence, Akbar, Mughal Empire, British Raj
- British IndiaBritish Raj, East India Company, viceroy, Raj, governor-general
- PunjabPunjab, Amritsar, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Punjabi
- South Asian SitesGolden Temple
Jallianwala Baghcivilizing mission
Claimed duty to "improve" peoples
Jallianwala Baghtruth and reconciliation
Post-conflict healing through acknowledgment