Question

Why did General Dyer order to open fire on a i peaceful demonstration at Jallianwala Bagh?

Options

• He wanted to show his power.

• Firing was ordered because it was an unruly crowd.

• Because his object, as he declared later, was to ‘produce a moral effect’ to create fear in the minds of ‘satyagrahis’.

• He ordered to fire because he noticed a j sudden unrest in the crowd.

Answer 1

Because his object, as he declared later, was to ‘produce a moral effect’ to create fear in the minds of ‘satyagrahis’.