CBSE 2025 · Region 6 · Set 1 · Q22 · 2 marks
How did Indians react to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre ? Explain.
Marking-scheme solution
(i) On $\displaystyle 13$ April the infamous Jallianwalla Bagh incident took place.
(ii) On that day a large crowd gathered in the enclosed ground of Jallianwalla Bagh to attend the annual Baisakhi fair.
(iii) Being from outside the city, many villagers were unaware of the martial law that had been imposed.
(iv) Dyer entered the area, blocked the exit points, and opened fire on the crowd, killing hundreds.
(v) His object, as he declared later, was to ‘produce a moral effect’, to create in the minds of satyagrahis a feeling of terror and awe.
(vi) The crowd took to the streets in many North Indian towns.
(vii) There were strikes, clashes with police and attack on government buildings.
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