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Option 3 : 1, 2 and 3

The correct answer is option 3, i.e. 1, 2 and 3.

Jallianwala Bagh massacre

The Government was determined to suppress the mass agitation.

  • It repeatedly lathi-charged and fired upon unarmed demonstrators at Bombay, Ahmedabad, Calcutta, Delhi and other cities.
  • On 6 April 1919, Gandhiji gave a call for a mighty hartal.
    • The people responded with unprecedented enthusiasm.

The Government decided to suppress the popular protest, particularly in Punjab.

  • At this time they perpetrated one of the worst political crimes in modern history.
  • A large and unarmed crowd had gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh (A Large open space enclosed on three sides by buildings and with one exit gate) on 13 April 1919 at Amritsar (in Punjab), to protest against the arrest of their popular leaders, Dr Saifuddin Kitchlu and Dr Satyapal.

The military commander of Amritsar, General Dyer, decided to terrorize the people into Complete submission.

  • Dyer surrounded the garden (Bagh ) with his army unit, closed the exit with his troops, and then ordered his men to shoot into the trapped crowd with rifles and machine-guns.
  • They fired till their ammunition was exhausted.
  • Thousands were killed and wounded.

Martial law was proclaimed throughout Punjab after this massacre and the people were suppressed to most uncivilized atrocities.

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