Picture No | 12249372 |
Date | 1920 |
Description | Dyer - Saviour of India or Guilty of 'an error of judgement |
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Brigadier General Reginald Edward Harry Dyer (1864 - 1927), British Indian Army officer. He was responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre (13 April 1919) in Amritsar, in the British India province of Punjab. Page from the Illustrated London News reflecting on the debate over his actions which divided opinion in Britain and India.
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Source | Page from The Illustrated London News, 24 July 1920 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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