UPPSC 2013 General Studies I Solved Paper

(c) Sir Shankar Nair had resigned from the Viceroy’s Executive Council protesting Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, took place on ${13}^{\mathit{t}\mathit{h}}$April 1919 when troops of British Army under the command of Colonel R. Dyer fired rifles into a crowd of Indians, who had gathered in Jallianwala bagh, Amritsar.The civilians assembled to protest the arrest and deportation of two leaders, Satya Pal and Saifuddin Kitchlew.