The Butcher of Amritsar

The Butcher of Amritsar: General Reginald Dyer

The Butcher of Amritsar was written by and Nigel Collett. The 576 page book was published by A&C Black in 2006 with an ISBN 10 of 1852855754. Most books are now available in ebook, pdf and audible formats. If you need more information about this publication, it can be purchased at Amazon.com or Google Books. If the book is older and/or out of print book try to locate a copy on eBay.com. The Butcher of Amritsar mentions 1 serial killers including Ripper Jayanandan. The author Nigel Collett has 1 book(s) listed on Killer.Cloud used for the purpose of documenting facts about Serial Killers listed in our database.

Book Summary

On 13 April 1919, General Reginald Dyer marched a squad of Indian soldiers into the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, and opened fire without warning on a crowd gathered to hear political speeches. This is an account of the massacre set in the context of a biography of a man whose attitudes reflected many of the views common in the Raj.