01 Work, The Art of War, Jaswant Singh's Mural Depicting 1919 Amritsar Massacre - Jallianwala Bagh, with footnotes

Jaswant Singh

Mural Depicting 1919 Amritsar Massacre - Jallianwala Bagh - Amritsar - Punjab - India

Mural

Amritsar (India)

Jaswant Singh

Detail of Mural Depicting 1919 Amritsar Massacre - Jallianwala Bagh - Amritsar - Punjab - India

Mural

Amritsar (India)

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919. A large, peaceful crowd had gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab, British India, during annual Baishakhi fair, to protest against the Rowlatt Act and the arrest of pro-independence activists Saifuddin Kitchlu and Satyapal. In response to the public gathering, the temporary brigadier general R. E. H. Dyer, surrounded the people with his Gurkha, Baloch and the 59th Scinde Rifles of the British Indian Army. The Jallianwala Bagh could only be exited on one side, as its other three sides were enclosed by buildings. After blocking the exit with his troops, he ordered them to shoot at the crowd, continuing to fire even as the protestors tried to flee. The troops kept on firing until their ammunition was exhausted. Estimates of those killed vary from 379 to 1,500 or more people and over 1,200 other people were injured of whom 192 were seriously injured. Britain has never formally apologised for the massacre but expressed "deep regret" in 2019. More on The Jallianwala Bagh massacre

Jaswant Singh, hailed from Rawalpindi. He started his career by painting roadside milestones on the Panja Sahib-Jhelum road. His father, who worked with the British Indian Railways, wanted him to follow suit. 

“But he was not cut out for a job in the Railways. In his teen years, he came to Lahore, but soon the pace of the city threw many challenges his way. He started painting milestones to earn a living.” In beautiful calligraphy, he used to write the names of villages and towns located along the road from Panja Sahib to Jhelum.

Soon, he began working with a painter in Lahore, where he started designing book covers. “He became friends with Sobha Singh, Abdur Rahman Chughtai, Amrita Pritam and Rajinder Singh Bedi,” says Prem Singh. After Partition, he settled in Delhi, where he worked as an illustrator for weekly magazines. More on Jaswant Singh

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