Question

Jallianwala Bagh incident took place at ________________________

A. Amritsar in Punjab
B. Faridkot in Punjab
C. Jalandhar in Punjab
D. Patiala in Punjab

Answer 1

Hint:
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre is considered as one of the most inhuman acts which killed hundreds of people and injured thousands of them. This incident took place in Punjab on the 13th of April in the year 1919 when people had gathered for celebrations.

Complete step by step solution:
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on 19th April 1919 at Amritsar in Punjab where many people were gathered
 The Jallianwala Bagh incident took place in Amritsar in Punjab. Thousands of people of all age groups were gathered at Jallianwala Bagh located in Amritsar as it was the day of Baisakhi, an important festival for the people of Punjab. General Dyer had released a notice on the same day regarding the ban on all the public gatherings as he had the fear that people would discuss against him and will get united against him. The notice was known by the majority of the population and thus they went to celebrate their festival like a normal day. When General Dyer came to know about the crowd gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh, without giving any warning he ordered to close the only gate of the garden and start firing. People were unaware of all these circumstances and when the firing started everyone was in a panic as there was no other way to go out of that place.


Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note:
On the day of the incident around 300- people were killed and among these many of them killed themselves by jumping into the well and others who survived were badly wounded.