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| The gardens at Jallianwala Bagh |
On Sunday, April 13, 1919 in
Amritsar, India, the British opened fire on unarmed, innocent men, women and children. In their wake they left over 1,000 dead and over 1,1
00 injured. It is known as the
Jallianwala Bagh massacre. There was only one way out and the soldiers had it blocked.
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| This narrow ally is all that stood between the British guns and freedom |
The site is preserved and very sacred. The grounds are extremely well kept and there is a palpable sense of sadness as you walk around. There is a monument near the center, and the well, known as The Martyrs' Well, where so many jumped in to flee the soldiers bullets, is preserved. Over 120 bodies were later pulled out of the well. It is hard to take in. It is hard to believe that fellow humans can take life like that and sleep at night.
Around the grounds, there are walls where some of the thousands of rounds fired upon the people, have left an indelible mark. This is but one, of the many instances that the British "Raj", I really don't like that term for them, used unabashed brutal lethal force on unarmed innocent people. The raping and pillaging of the entire region was carried out for an astonishing amount of time unabated, from around 1600 to 1947. It does boggle the mind.
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| The sandstone monument to those who died |
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| Actual bullet holes in the surrounding walls. |
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| Bullet holes are marked |
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| Jallianwala Bagh Memorial |
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| Surrounding architecture |
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| A view inside the Martyrs' Well. It is very deep. |
What gives the right for some humans to think they are better than others?
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