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Martyrdom Day of Shahid Udham Singh 2025 - July 31
July 31 , 2025
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- On April 13, 1919, a large number of Indians gathered in Jallianwala Bagh to oppose the Rowlett Act.
- On this day, British forces under Brigadier-General Dwyer opened fire without warning.
- General Dyer ordered his troops to block exits and fire indiscriminately for about 10 minutes.
- Shahid Udham Singh witnessed the brutality of the massacre, where thousands of unarmed civilians were killed.
- He assassinated Michael O’Dwyer in London in 1940 as a retaliation for the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
- Singh was arrested soon after and, following a brief trial, was executed on July 31, 1940, at Pentonville Prison, London.
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