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The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence
By Anand, Anita
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- 9781501195709 9781501195723
- Publisher
- Scribner
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Reviewed on June 7, 2019 | Social Sciences
On April 13, 1919, Sir Michael O'Dwyer, lieutenant governor of Punjab in British-occupied India, ordered his Brigadier General Reginald Dyer to quell an unauthorized protest in a public garden called Jallianwalah Bagh. Rather than simply order the protestors to disperse peacefully, Dyer had his men open fire on nearly 20,000 citizens, many of whom were women and c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
