Indians angry about the #AmritsarMassacre the day before (aka #JallianwalaBaghMassacre) set fire to railway stations & warehouses on #ThisDayInHistory in 1919. Because property is worth more than people to the #BritishEmpire, aircraft were used to bomb & strafe crowds & a school.

REMEMBERING 1919: The 10 minutes that changed India forever. A tribute to the martyrs of Amritsar. https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/jallianwala-bagh-massacre-anniversary-april-13-1919-amritsar-general-dyer-s7y5k34c?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #AmritsarMassacre #IndiaFreedomStruggle #History #GeneralDyer

The 13 April 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (aka Amritsar Massacre) was an infamous episode of brutality which saw General Dyer order his troops to open fire on an unarmed crowd of men, women, and children trapped in an abandoned walled garden during a Sikh festival. At least 379 people died, and over 1,500 were injured in the massacre.
https://www.worldhistory.org/Jallianwala_Bagh_Massacre/ #AmritsarMassacre #BritishIndia #BritishRaj