For me the most unforgetable event of the Indian Freedom Movement is the

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre because around 1000 people were killed in it this
massacre. The Jallianwahla Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar
massacre, took place on 13 April 1919 when a crowd of nonviolent protesters,
along with Baishakhi pilgrims, who had gathered in Jallianwala
Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab, were fired upon by troops of theBritish Indian Army under
the commandThe Bagh-space comprised 6 to 7 acres (28,000 m2) and was walled
on all sides with five entrances. [2] On Dyer's orders, his troops fired on the crowd for
ten minutes, directing their bullets largely towards the few open gates through
which people were trying to flee. The British government released figures stating
379 dead and 1200 wounded.[1][3] Other sources place the number of dead at well
over 1000.[citation needed] This "brutality stunned the entire nation",[4] resulting in a
"wrenching loss of faith" of the general public in the intentions of Britain. [5] The
ineffective inquiry and the initial accolades for Dyer by the House of Lords fuelled
widespread anger, leading to the Non-cooperation Movement of 192022.[6] of
Colonel Reginald Dyer. On hearing that a meeting had assembled at Jallianwala
Bagh, Dyer went with fifty Gurkha troops to a raised bank and ordered them to
shoot at the crowd. Dyer continued the firing for about ten minutes, until the
ammunition supply was almost exhausted; Dyer stated that 1,650 rounds had been
fired, a number which seems to have been derived by counting empty cartridge
cases picked up by the troops. [7]Official British Indian sources gave a figure of 379
identified dead,[3] with approximately 1,100 wounded. The casualty number
estimated by the Indian National Congress was more than 1,500, with
approximately 1,000 dead.[8] The massacre caused a re-evaluation of the army's
role, in which the new policy became "minimum force", and the army was retrained
and developed suitable tactics for crowd control. [13] Some historians consider the
episode a decisive step towards the end of British rule in India, [14] although others
believe that greater self-government was inevitable as a result of India's
involvement in World War I.[15] The Jallianwala Bagh was bounded on all sides by
houses and buildings and had few narrow entrances, most of which were kept
permanently locked. The main entrance was relatively wider, but was guarded by
the troops backed by the armoured vehicles. General Dyer ordered troops to begin
shooting without warning or any order to disperse, and to direct shooting towards
the densest sections of the crowd. He continued the shooting, approximately 1,650
rounds in all, until ammunition was almost exhausted.