HISTORY
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sentenced to death
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relieved of his service
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rewarded with honour
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sentenced for life
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Detailed explanation-1: -After the Punjab disturbances, O’Dyer was relieved of his office by the government of Britain.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dyer ordered his troops to begin shooting toward the densest sections of the crowd in front of the available narrow exits, where panicked crowds were trying to leave the Bagh. Firing continued for approximately ten minutes. Unarmed civilians including men, women, elderly people and children were killed.
Detailed explanation-3: -Reginald Dyer, in full Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, (born October 9, 1864, Murree, India-died July 23, 1927, Long Ashton, near Bristol, England), British general remembered for his role in the Massacre of Amritsar in India, in 1919.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.