A walled public garden five minutes' walk from the Golden Temple. On 13 April 1919, British troops under Brigadier-General Dyer opened fire on a crowd of unarmed civilians here, killing hundreds. The bullet holes are still visible in the walls — the authorities have left them that way deliberately.
It's a quiet, somewhat melancholy place. A small museum tells the story clearly. The well into which people jumped to escape the shooting is marked and preserved. This is not a cheerful stop, but it is an important one.
A story
On 13 April 1919, Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer ordered his troops to open fire on a crowd of unarmed civilians gathered in the enclosed garden — men, women, and children who had come to mark the Sikh festival of Baisakhi. At least 379 people were killed (Indian estimates put the number much higher), and over 1,200 were wounded. Many jumped into the garden's well to escape the bullets. Dyer blocked the exits before ordering the shooting to begin. The massacre transformed Indian public opinion and galvanized the independence movement.