Brigadier-General Reginald "Rex" Edward Harry Dyer CB (October 9, 1864 - July 23, 1927) was a British Indian Army officer remembered for his role in the Amritsar Massacre. Dyer was born in Murree, then in India, now in Pakistan. He grew up in Shimla and attended the Bishop Cotton School there. In 1885 he was commissioned into the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment, and served in riot control duties in Belfast (1886) and the Third Burma War (1886-87).
Jalianwala Bagh Massacre
General Reginal Dyer Commander of Amritsar Massacre Soon after Dyer's arrival, on the afternoon of April 13, 1919, some 10,000 or more unarmed men, women, and children gathered in Amritsar's Jallianwala Bagh (bagh, "garden"; but before 1919 it had become a public square) to attend a protest meeting, despite a ban on public assemblies. It was a Sunday, and many neighboring village peasants also came to Amritsar to celebrate the Hindu Baisakhi Spring Festival.
This time we realised that Republic Day did not mean anything more than a holiday for the people. This was highly unacceptable.. 26th January has been marked on the calendar as a National holiday. We celebrate Eid,Diwali,Christmas and Gurunanak Jayanti. Is Republic Day only a holiday or something more? What is a National Festival? For New Year(or many other occasions) we have plans. We remember and call our loved ones. We wish them. We spend some part of the day doing things that hold special meaning. What about our National festivals?
Whole lot of efforts had gone into working out the nature of the Street play and the candle march. Was it only pomp show and an attempt to catch attention or something more?
Stars often fall, heroes go unsung and martyrs most certainly die too young : Joan C Baez February 27th. The significance of this date lies in the fact that today in the year 1931 a valiant patriot by the name of Chandrashekhar Azad attained martyrdom while fighting the British so that we Indians could rejoice in freedom. He joined Gandhi's Non-Cooperation Movement but the violence perpetrated by the British infuriated him to such an extent that he turned a revolutionary.
Freedom fighter Sardar Bhagat Singh was hanged by the British on accusations of anti-government activities on March 23, 1931. Here, Gandhi pays tribute to the patriotism of the young martyr while disagreeing with his revolutionary methods. Excerpted from Gandhi's article in Young India. Bhagat Singh and his two associates have been hanged. The Congress made many attempts to save their lives and the Government entertained many hopes of it, but all has been in a vain. Bhagat Singh did not wish to live. He refused to apologize, or even file an appeal.
