Which of the following statements about the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre is are incorrect 1 The crowd h...........

Punjab History

Which of the following statements about the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre is/are incorrect?

1.The crowd had gathered in the garden at Amritsar to peacefully protest the arrest and deportation of their popular leaders, Dr.Satyapal and Dr. Kitchlu.

2.General Dyer was the viceroy of India at the time.

3.Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood in protest against the massacre.

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Explanation:

The Jallianwala BaghMassacretook place on 13 April 1919and it remained a turning point in the history of India’s freedom movement.

In Punjab,there was an unprecedented support to the Rowlatt Satyagraha. Facing a violent situation, the Government of Punjab handed over the
administration to the military authorities under General Dyer. He banned all public meetings and detained the political leaders.
On 13th April, the Baisakhi day(harvest festival), a public meeting was organizedat the Jallianwala Bagh(garden). Dyer marched in and without any warning opened fire on the crowd. The firing continued for about 10 to 15 minutesand it stopped only after the ammunition exhausted.
According to official report 379 people were killed and 1137 wounded in the incident.

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre(April 13, 1919) proved to be a key turning point in Gandhi’s life.Gandhi was convinced that new tactics would be needed to obtain social justice in India.

Popular shock was expressed by the great poet and humanist Rabindranath Tagore who renounced his knighthood in protest. C.F. Andrews, a friend of Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi and the Nehrus, wrote to Mahadev Desai after a visit to Amritsar, "It was a massacre, a butchery."