Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Remembrance Day is observed every year on April 13. On this date in 1919, British Indian Army troops opened fire on a large, peaceful gathering of unarmed men, women, and children at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab. Hundreds of innocent lives were lost within minutes. The massacre shocked the world, galvanised India’s freedom movement, and left a permanent scar on the history of British colonial rule. In 2026, the world marks 107 years since this tragic event.
The day serves as both a memorial and a reminder. It reminds present and future generations of the human cost of colonial oppression and the price that ordinary Indians paid for the country’s freedom. It also carries a message of resilience, because out of the horror of Jallianwala Bagh rose one of the most powerful surges of nationalist feeling that India had ever seen.
At around 5:30 in the afternoon, Brigadier General Reginald Dyer arrived at Jallianwala Bagh with approximately ninety soldiers, including Gurkha and Baloch troops. Without any warning, without ordering the crowd to disperse, and without giving anyone time to leave, Dyer commanded his troops to open fire directly into the densest parts of the crowd
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