Reginald Dyer - Role of Michael O'Dwyer

Role of Michael O'Dwyer

Michael O'Dwyer, the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab from 1912 to 1919, endorsed General Dyer and called the massacre a "correct" action,. Some historians now believe he premeditated the massacre and set Dyer to work. Many Indians blamed O'Dwyer, and while Dyer was never assaulted, O'Dwyer was assassinated in London in 1940 by Shaheed Udham Singh as a retaliation for his role in the massacre.

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