Question

General Dyer was associated with which of the following incidents?
A.Chauri Chaura incident
B. Rowlatt Act
C.Lahore Session
D. Jallianwala Bagh incident

Answer 1

Hint:Reginald Dyer known as General Dyer was a brigade commander of the British troop patrolled in Jalandhar located in the Punjab province in the year 1919 . He is accountable for the deadliest massacre of a huge number of unarmed citizens. hundreds of people were killed by the troop led by Dyer. The incident took place in Amritsar, Punjab as a group of individuals gathered for the festival of Baisakhi.

Complete answer:
General Dyer is the despicable man who initiated the unfortunate massacre that took place in Jallianwala Bagh on 13 April 1919 located in Amritsar. When the outbreak of riots and violence that took place in Amritsar around April that ended up in the murder of four Europeans and the beating of a woman missionary, Dyer started restoring the order of the city through deploying multiple troops to that city and they stopped all public gatherings.
Without being aware of the law, some people assembled at Jallianwala Bagh for the Baisakhi celebrations which happened annually. It was both a religious and a cultural festival of the Punjabis. It was a big space with walls on all sides, except for five entrances. Four of the entrances were very narrow, admitting only a few people at a time. The armed soldiers, as well as by two armoured cars with machine guns blocked the fifth gate and with the supply of 1,650 rounds of ammunition being exhausted, they killed all the people including children without provocation.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note:In the testimony before the Hunter Commission of inquiry, He admitted he could have dispersed the crowd without firing, but chose not to do so because “they would have come back and laughed”. He said he would have used machine guns to kill even more if he could have, and that he saw no reason to help the wounded.