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The moments that shaped India and Punjab, told as stories: what happened, the people who were there, the myths films made famous, and what the record really shows.

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Jallianwala Bagh, 13 April 1919: Ten Minutes, 1,650 Bullets, and the Revenge That Took 21 Years

On Baisakhi in 1919, a British officer marched his troops into a walled garden in Amritsar and opened fire on a trapped crowd without a word of warning. The full story: the day, the cover-up, the Britons who cheered him, Udham Singh’s revenge in London, and the myths that have grown around it.

25 Oct 2026 · 8 min read
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Questions people ask

What are the most important events in India’s history?

Some of the turning points of the last century are the Jallianwala Bagh massacre (1919), the Partition of Punjab (1947), the Kargil War (1999) and the 1971 war. Our History section tells each one as a full story, with the myths checked against the record.

Are these stories based on facts?

Yes. Every story is researched from news reports, court judgments and official records, which are linked at the end of each one. Theories are labelled as theories, next to what the evidence and the courts actually said.