Jallianwala Bagh, Historic site in Amritsar, India.
Jallianwala Bagh is a memorial in Amritsar that consists of a walled garden with a central monument. The site still shows the original walls and the well into which people jumped during the shooting.
British troops opened fire here in April 1919 without warning on a peaceful gathering for the spring festival of Vaisakhi. The tragedy strengthened resistance to colonial rule across the country.
The garden's name comes from the Jallianwalia family, and its well gave rise to the saying 'the garden of the Jallah-man'. A plaque beside a wall with thirty-six bullet marks records that 1,650 rounds were fired. The Martyrs' Well carries a sign stating that 120 bodies were recovered from it.
The entrance is on a quiet side street near the Golden Temple, and most visitors spend about an hour on the grounds. The museum is housed in a separate building inside the garden.
The Martyrs' Well carries a sign stating that 120 bodies were recovered from it. The memorial around it was designed by American architect Benjamin Polk and inaugurated in 1961.
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