By Anita Anand
Simon im and Schuster, £20, hardback, 384 pages Si The events of the 1919 massacre in Amritsar still shock: a British Br military commander ordering his troops to fire on a crowd of unarmed Indian civilians, gathered to listen liste to political speeches and spend time with their neighbours. neig Hundreds were killed, and many more wounded. wou It was a pivotal moment in the relationship between betw India and the British Empire and, as this new book boo explores, had a lasting effect on those who were there. ther Anita Anand traces the story through the eyes of one o man, young revolutionary Udham Singh, who set out to kill the province’s governor in revenge for the massacre. It’s a timely, personal look at a horrific moment mom m in history.
More than 20 years after the massacre, Michael O’Dwyer was shot dead by Singh in central London
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