In April 1919, at a political gathering in the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, India, Brigadier General Reginald Dyer marched his soldiers into a walled garden, filled with thousands of unarmed men, women and children. Then, blocking the only exit and without issuing any order to disperse, he instructed his men to turn their guns on the thickest parts of the crowd. For ten minutes, they continued firing, stopping only when 1,650 bullets had been fired. Not a single shot was fired in retaliation. According to legend, a young, low-caste survivor, Udham Singh, vowed to kill the men responsible and in March 1940, in London, he finally seized his opportunity.
Television and radio presenterAnita Anand talks about her book The Patient Assassin, and the Irish connection to the massacre. The moderator is historian Dr. Kate O’Malley, and the episode was recorded at Printworks, Dublin Castle, on 20th October 2019.
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