The Amritsar Massacre

Explaining History - A podcast by Nick Shepley

In the immediate aftermath of the First World War, British anxieties over revolutionary tensions in India were high. The action of a lone British general at Amritsar in April 1919 shattered the fragile peace between the colonising British and the colonised Indians, radicalising the independence movement throughout the inter war period. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.