Documents that detail horrors of Jalianwala put on display in Lahore to mark 100 years of tragedy
Lahore, Apr 21: For the first time in its history, Pakistan has put on display rare documents of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre to mark its 100th anniversary.
The six-day exhibition showcasing about 70 historical documents related to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and Martial Law in Punjab in April 1919 opened at the Lahore Heritage Museum here on Saturday. A year earlier, Pakistan had exhibited the archives of the trial of revolutionary leader Bhagat Singh in Lahore.
The massacre took place at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar (undivided Punjab) during the Baisakhi festival on April 13, 1919, when troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer opened fire at a crowd of people holding a pro-independence demonstration, leaving scores dead.
"The government has decided to showcase archives of different historical events and famous personalities so that people could know what had happened during that period," Abbas Chughtai, Pakistan's Punjab province government's archive department director, told PTI.
Chughtai said that the archived documents are displayed to mark the massacre's centenary year and the practice will continue in coming days as well.
"We are also planning to exhibit the documents related to the work of Rudyard Kipling," he said.
"We urge people to visit the Lahore Heritage Museum and go through the pages of history," he said, adding that the exhibition will go on till April 26.
The documents include different number of Martial Law Order, copy of the ordinance regarding continuance of trials held by Commissions and Summary Courts, expulsion order of 47 students of different colleges of Lahore in connection with disturbances and a copy of the questions raised by Lord Sydenhamin House of Lords, England about sentence passed by martial law commission to Muhammad Bashir, whose proclamation was an immediate cause in bringing a large mob to Jallianwala Bagh on April 13, 1919.
A copy of assistant commissioner Murree's letter about sending European and Anglo Indians to Murree from Lahore for their safety during the disturbances, a copy of the report about outbreak of disturbances in Lahore, Amritsar, Kasur, Ahmedabad and Patna and the Rawalpindi governor's letter to the chief secretary to declare martial law in Jhelum to teach the people discipline as a punishment for throwing stone on Mr Barton's car, the deputy commissioner of Rawalpindi also features the exhibition.
About the death toll in the massacre, the 3rd September letter of deputy commissioner Amritsar in the documents reported the final figure of death at Jallianwala Bagh to 291 including two women and five children, a copy of notice both in Urdu and Hindi language informing them about how many were killed in the massacre, a letter of the deputy commissioner informing about whipping of school boys in Lahore.
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Belagavi (Karnataka), Nov 28: A 31-year-old man was shot at allegedly by the relatives of his love interest following a scuffle here, police said on Thursday.
The incident happened in Mahantesh Nagar at around 8.30 pm on Wednesday, they said.
According to Police Commissioner Iada Martin Marbaniang, Praneeth Kumar, a medical sales representative and his love interest were discussing things at another friend's home over dinner, when the woman's relatives including her sister and brother came there and "a scuffle ensued between them and Kumar. One of the woman's relatives fired two rounds from a pistol, and a bullet hit Kumar," he said.
Explaining how things unfolded at the spot of occurrence, Iada Martin Marbaniang said, first, Kumar went to his friend's place for dinner. There, he shared his interest in a woman and the difficulties he had faced in this regard. The friend then called the woman and invited her to join them. When the woman arrived, she and Kumar discussed the situation before the woman's family members, including her sister and brother, also came to the friend's place, he added.
"We have registered two cases in connection with the incident at Malamaruthi police station and have arrested three people, including the girl, her sister and brother in this regard," he said.
