Reginald Dyer
Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer CB (9 October 1864 – 23 July 1927) was a British Indian Army officer who, as a temporary Brigadier-General, was responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar (in the British India province of Punjab). Dyer was removed from duty but he became a celebrated hero in Britain among people with connections to the British Raj. Historians consider the episode was a decisive step towards the end of British rule in India.
Read more about Reginald Dyer: Early Life and Assignments, Background, Amritsar Massacre, Threatening Language, Crawling Order, Reaction in India and Britain, Return To Britain, Death, Popular Culture, Role of Michael O'Dwyer
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