Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : General Reginald E. H. Dyer
The correct answer is General Reginald E. H. Dyer. - General Reginald E. H. Dyer ordered the shooting of peaceful protesters in the Jalianwala Bagh Massacre of 1919.
- The Jallianwala Bagh massacre is also known as the Amritsar massacre.
- The government of India passed the Rowlatt Acts in early 1919 which essentially extended the repressive wartime measures.
- The acts were met by widespread anger and Dyer was given the task of restoring order.
- He had put a ban on public gathering.
- A crowd of at least 10,000 men, women, and children gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh to protest peacefully which only had one exit.
- General Dyer and his soldiers arrived and sealed off the exit and opened fire on protestors.
- Micheal O' Dwyer
- He was Lt. governor of Punjab when Jallianwalah massacre took place.
- He was assassinated by Udham Singh in 1940.
- Lord Chelmsford
- He was viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921.
- He is known for introduction of Montague-Chelmsford reforms of 1919, also known as Government of India Act,1919.
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