Who gave the order to open fire on the public meeting in Jallianwala Bagh in 1919?

The correct answer is Dyer.

Key Points

• Jalianwala Bagh Massacre took place on  April 13, 1919, at Amritsar.
• About 20,000 people had assembled at Bagh to celebrate Baisakhi. Among them were a few political protestors to demonstrated against the Rowlatt Act.
• The troops surrounded the gathering under General Dyer and blocked the only exit.
• General Dyer opened fire at a peaceful, unarmed crowd without giving any instruction to disperse.
• About 379 people were killed and more than 1000 were injured.
• Rabindranath Tagore renounced his Knighthood in protest.
• Gandhi gave up his title of Kaiser-e-Hind.

Important Points 

• Vidhurashwatha is a village near Gauribidanur, Chikaballapur is known as the "Jalianwala Bagh" of the South.