Lecture on 100 years of Jaliawala Bagh at PU

Chandigarh, March 25, 2019: Department of music, Panjab University organizeda lecture on 100 years of Jallianwala Bagh by Prof.Sukhmani Bal Riar, Department of History, PU here today.
Prof.Riar gave the historical background as to why this happened correlating with the ongoing Nationalist struggle which the Indians were waging against the British rulers 100 years ago. She also explained that how General Dyer marched to the Bagh and opened fire killing more than 1000 people in 10 minutes. These were the martyrs who gave up their lives so that we could be an independent nation in 1947, she added. The students were apprised that the revenge of this episode was taken by Sr.Udham Singh 20 years later.
Students and faculty payed their homage by observing 2minute silence as a mark of respect for those who lost their lives.