In their book "The Proudest Day - India's Long Road to Independence", Author Anthony Read and David Fisher provide details on the days and hours leading upto the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in April 13th, 1919.
Punjab in 1919 was rife with rebellion. Lack of monsoon rains, the arrival of thousands of ex-soldiers from the First World War created tremendous pressure for the British authorities to pacify the restive Punjabi population.
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