The infamous Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on April 13, 1919, in Amritsar. Who was the British officer who ordered the troops to open fire? MCQ with Answer and Explanation
The infamous Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred on April 13, 1919, in Amritsar. Who was the British officer who ordered the troops to open fire?
A. Reginald Dyer
B. Michael O'Dwyer
C. Lord Chelmsford
D. John Simon
Answer: Option A
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer ordered troops to fire into a crowd of unarmed civilians gathered at Jallianwala Bagh. Michael O'Dwyer was the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab at the time.
Explanation:
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Damodar Savarkar founded the Mitra Mela in 1900, which later merged into the Abhinav Bharat Society, a revolutionary secret society.
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