The Butcher of Amritsar by Nigel Collett
On 13 April 1919, General Reginald Dyer marched a squad of Indian soldiers into the Jallianwala Bagh, a large enclosed public space in the holy city of Amritsar, and opened fire without warning on a crowd gathered to hear political speeches, leaving over 200 dead. To some, Dyer was the savior of India, responding decisively to threatened insurrection, but to many in India, including Gandhi and Nehru, his action proved the moral bankruptcy of the British Empire. The bitter debate that followed the shootings, the worst atrocity perpetrated by the British in the twentieth century, almost brought down the Liberal Government and was a decisive turning point in India's march to independence. "The Butcher of Amritsar" is a definitive account of the massacre set in the context of a biography of Reginald Dyer, a man whose attitudes reflected many of the views common in the Raj.
NIGEL COLLETT is the author of books on Nepalese and Baluchi. As a professional soldier, he commanded a Gurkha regiment. He has travelled widely in Reginald Dyer's footsteps.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781852855758 |
| ISBN 10 | 1852855754 |
| Title | The Butcher of Amritsar |
| Author | Nigel Collett |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2006-08-15 |
| Number of pages | 591 |
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