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Beyond Belief: Amritsar Massacre

Amritsar Massacre

BBC Radio 4 - Beyond Belief, Amritsar Massacre

Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.

Ernie Rea discusses the events leading up to the  Amritsar Massacre 100 years ago.

A hundred years after the Amritsar Massacre, when troops under British command fired on a unarmed crowd of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims, this programme explores what led to the massacre and why it became a catalyst for the end of British colonial rule and the rise of Indian nationalism. Ernie Rae is joined by Dr Vinita Damodaran, Professor of South Asian History, University of Sussex, Amandeep Singh Madra, Co-author of “Eyewitness at Amritsar: A Visual History of the 1919 Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre" and author and historian William Dalrymple.

Producer:  Catherine Earlam

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