CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The poem ‘Khooni Vaisakhi’, written by Punjabi writer Nanak Singh on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, was banned by the British after its publication in 1920. The poem was a scathing critique of the British Raj.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nanak Singh survived. He went on to become an acclaimed writer, penning more than 50 novels, plays, short stories and essays, including Ik Myan Do Talwaran, which won him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1962. But before any of that, he wrote a poem.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, also called Massacre of Amritsar was an incident on April 13, 1919, in which British troops fired on a large crowd of unarmed Indians in an open space known as the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in Punjab. The Jallianwala Bagh site in Amritsar is now a national monument.

Detailed explanation-4: -It took place on 13 April 1919. The then Acting Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer ordered troops of the British Indian Army to fire their rifles into a crowd of unarmed Indian civilians who got together in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab, killing at least 379 people and injuring over 1,200 other people.

Detailed explanation-5: -Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on 13 April 1919. General Dyer blocked the only entrance to Jallianwala Bagh and ordered his troops to open fire on the unarmed civilians.