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On 13 April 1919, Colonel Reginald Dyer ordered his armed forces to open fire at the unarmed villagers gathered on Jallianwala Bagh of Amritsar to celebrate Baisakhi and protest peacefully.
The Rowlatt Act (Black Act) was passed on March 10, 1919, authorizing the government to imprison or confine, without a trial, any person associated with seditious activities. This led to nationwide unrest.