Girdhari Lal, was a manager at the Amritsar Flour and General Mills Company, and a key witness to the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre in April 1919, who gave testimony in the Congress Party’s inquiry into the Punjab disturbances.[1][2][3]
Along with Madan Mohan Malaviya, Motilal Nehru, Swami Shraddhanand, Saifuddin Kitchlew, Lala Harkishen Lal, and Mahatma Gandhi, he became a member of the committee that acquired the Jallianwalla Bagh grounds for the purpose of making it a memorial.[3]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Wagner, p. 120
- ↑ Collett, p. 260
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bakshi, S. R., ed. (2007). "3. Firing in the Bagh". Punjab Through the Ages. Sarup & Sons. pp. 35, 163. ISBN 81-7625-738-9.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- The Congress Inquiry Report. Bombay: K. Santanam. 1920.
Bibliography[edit | edit source]
- Collett, Nigel (2007). The Butcher of Amritsar: General Reginald Dyer. A&C Black. ISBN 1-85285-575-4.
- Furneaux, Rupert (2022). Massacre at Amritsar. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-68932-7.
- Wagner, Kim A. (2019). Amritsar 1919: An Empire of Fear & the Making of a Massacre. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-24546-2.
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