Reading history in a book and feeling the history by visiting that place in real life and knowing it are two very different things. I have visited many historical places but jallianwala bagh left a different impression on my heart.
jalliawala bhag is a very important part of Indian history. Jalliawala masscare was a turning point for India's freedom.
On 13 April 1919 , at a public garden of Amritsar thousands of people gathered to celebrate vaisakhi , and suddenly with no warning there was a rain of bullet on them. And this day became a heartwrenching day for Indian history.
Where is jallianwala bhag (garden) situated :
This bhag is situated in the Amritsar, punjab ( india).
You can go there by air, train or road.
Amritsar( Punjab ) is a very famous city of India. It is mostly famous for golden temple, jallianwala bhag and bhaga border and partition museum. All this nearby.
We visited first partition museum and than on the circle there is a statue of bhimrao ambedkar.
Entrance of the jallianwala bhag:
Here is only one way for entry and exit, which is a narrow street. This is why when the attack happened , people had no way to escape.
Now when this garden has been renovated , those art has been made on the street wall. The art of those people who died in it.
After passing that narrow Street we can see the open area and garden.
More about jallianwala bhag:
Now jallianwala bhag has been renovated and converted into a jallianwala memorial complex , where you can visit to four galleries, where you can know lots about the history .
Flame of liberaty:
This is the flame of liberaty, key attraction of the garden, which signifying the flame that is still alive.
Walls with the bullet marks :
In above pictures You can see old walls having hall and white mark. These marks highlighted the bullet marks. There is a one wall which has 36 marks of bullet. That day 1650 bullets were fired.
As i said earlier that day people were gathered to celebrate the festival of vaishaki, and gen dyer and his troop started to fire bullets without any warning. More than thousand people died and vaishaki concerted into bloody vaishaki. No one will survive on that day.
Amar jyot :
This is amar jyot which is lit continue there. I also stood there for 1 minute. It is a remembece of the people who lost their lives 100 hundred years ago.
These are some more shots which i captured during my jallianwala bhag visit.
