Situated in the heart of town of Amritsar, Punjab, India, Jallianwala Bagh was more or less an open enclosure with tall buildings on all the four sides with a narrow passage which led into it. It is said that there were not less than 25000 men, women and children gathered to participate in the protest meeting. They included Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians. Not long after the meeting had started, General Dyer appeared on the scene with his armed troops and without any warning ordered firing, aimed at dispersing the crowd through he had blocked the only exit of enclosure. The fact of the matter is that he wished to make an example of it.

Eyewitness account of the merciless massacre beggar description. As the machine guns started raining bullets, the dead piled on the dead and wounded upon the wounded. There being no exit, there was a general stampede; women and children being crushed under the heels of those who trying to escape firing. The wailing of women and crying of children were drowned in the fearful blast of the guns spewing fire. General Dyer's loyal soldier released their triggers only when they had exhausted their ammunition. And then leaving the dead and the wounded where they were, Dyer left the ghastly scene along with his troops. Far from attending to the wounded, there was none to offer even water to the dying. According to the official version, 379 people were killed on the spot and thrice as many wounded to die later. The unofficial number of the dead runs into four figures.

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