Amritsar; The Massacre That Ended The Raj By Draper, Alfred 1981, 1st printing. (Hardcover) "Amritsar, the administrative capital of the Punjab, 13 April 1919. Towards evening, a party of Indian soldiers under Brigadier General Dyer opens fire upon an 'illegal' assembly of thousands of Indians packed into the high-walled Jallianwala Bagh. With their exit blocked by the soldiers, the crowd panics; Dyer's fifty rifles kill or wound more than 1,500 men, women and children. Book about Brigadier General Dyer & Independence--India. Locale: Amritsar--India; India.