Answer» Correct Answer - Option 2 : 1919
The correct answer is 1919. - The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919 in Jallianwala Bagh, Punjab.
- People gathered at Jallianwala Bagh to celebrate the festival of Baisakhi and to protest against the arrest of two leaders, Satyapal and Saifuddin Kitchlew.
- General Dyer with his troops, blocked all exits of the bagh and opened fire on the innocent and unarmed people.
- Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood as a mark of protest against the massacre.
- Gandhiji returned his Kaisir-i-Hind medal to mark his protest.
- Hunter Commission was set up to enquire into the massacre.
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