During the Baisakhi gathering in Amritsar, troops under Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer fired into a trapped crowd that included people attending a festival and people protesting colonial repression. Official and Indian estimates of deaths differ; the Hunter inquiry recorded 379, while other contemporary Indian accounts placed the toll higher. The massacre intensified opposition to British rule and became a turning point in India's freedom struggle.
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Why is the Jallianwala Bagh massacre treated as a turning point?
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The shooting of civilians at Amritsar fueled the Indian freedom struggle; independence came decades later.
The Hunter inquiry recorded a death toll of 379 at Jallianwala Bagh, while other accounts gave higher estimates.
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The official inquiry and Indian accounts differ; the dataset avoids treating one figure as settled.