The Butcher of Amritsar: General Reginald Dyer
- ISBN-10
- 1852855754
- ISBN-13
- 9781852855758
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 576
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-10-15
- Publisher
- A&C Black
- Author
- Nigel Collett
Description
On 13 April 1919, General Reginald Dyer marched a squad of Indian soldiers into the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, and opened fire without warning on a crowd gathered to hear political speeches. This is an account of the massacre set in the context of a biography of a man whose attitudes reflected many of the views common in the Raj.
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