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Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, CB (9 October 1864 – 23 July 1927) was an officer of the Bengal Army and later the newly constituted British Indian Army. His military career began in the regular British Army but he soon transferred to the presidency armies of India.
Reginald Dyer was a British general remembered for his role in the Massacre of Amritsar in India, in 1919. Dyer was commissioned in the West Surrey Regiment in 1885 and subsequently transferred to the Indian Army. He campaigned in Burma (Myanmar) in 1886–87 and took part in a blockade of Waziristan.
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How the Butcher of Amritsar spent his final years in England, plagued by ill health, doubt and controversy. Read about his military career, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, the Hunter Committee report, the fundraising campaign and his death.
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Brigadier-General Reginald Edward Harry Dyer CB ( October 9 1864 – July 23 1927) was a British Indian Army officer responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre .
Apr 13, 2023 · A British Colonel named Reginald Edward Harry Dyer ordered troops to surround the compound, situated between houses and narrow lanes, and launched indiscriminate firing on the assembled men, women and children who lacked the means to escape.
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Apr 13, 2019 · On April 13, 1919, Gen. Reginald Dyer led a group of British soldiers to Jallianwala Bagh, a walled public garden in the Sikh holy city of Amritsar. Several thousand unarmed civilians,...
May 28, 2024 · Massacre of Amritsar. Date: April 13, 1919. Location: Amritsar. India. Jallianwalla Bagh. Context: British raj. Key People: Reginald Dyer. Mahatma Gandhi.
