In 1920 a schoolteacher in a Punjab town writes in his diary. Many men of his district had served on the British side in the Great War and had hoped for a reward. Instead, harsh wartime laws were kept in force, and in April 1919 a meeting in a nearby city ended when troops opened fire on the crowd. Now a leader asks Indians to stop attending government schools, colleges and law courts and to stop paying the state its dues, promising self-rule within a year. He has also joined hands with a movement that seeks to restore the Caliphate.
About how many people were killed when the troops opened fire on the meeting described in the diary?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → More than four hundred
In April 1919 a British Brigadier ordered his troops to fire on a nationalist meeting in Amritsar, and <strong>more than four hundred people</strong> were killed in the <strong>Jallianwala Bagh massacre</strong>.
NCERT (2026-27): “2. The Making and Unmaking of Non-cooperation … “than four hundred people were killed in what is known as the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.” |