Imperial Crime and Punishment: The Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh and British Judgment, 1919–1920

Helen Fein

Published by University of Hawaii Press 1977

Imperial Crime and Punishment

The Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh and British Judgment, 1919–1920

Helen Fein

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824887179

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Jallianwala Bagh has resonated in the memory of Indians for over a half a century. By official estimate, 379 Indians attending an unlawfully convened but peaceful political rally were killed by the orders of Brig. Gen. Reginald E. Dyer: Indian contemporaries alleged that there were 1,000 to 1,500 deaths, and a census counted over 500 victims. A. J. P. Taylor calls the massacre "the worst bloodshed since the Mutiny, and the decisive moment when Indians were alienated from British rule." No event in modern British history occurring in the United Kingdom or its white colonies has compared to it in loss of lives as a consequence of firing against civilians.

This work places the massacre in the context of imperial history and examines it as a paradigm of confrontation between two classes, divided in this case by race, nation, and religion as well as by power. The analysis of this crime is uniquely accessible because of the accounts produced by the Government of India's Hunter Committee and the Indian National Congress subcommittee established to investigate the Punjab disorders.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	XVII
Primary Source Notation Publicly Available Download PDF	XIX
1. Crime, Punishment, and Class Solidarity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Massacres in Amritsar and Punjab Terror of 1919 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
3. Prologue to Collective Violence in India, 1858-1919 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
4. The Roots of the "Himalayan Miscalculation" during the Anti-Rowlatt Campaign of 1919 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
5. Assessing the Hypothesis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
6. The Public Accounting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
7. The Reasoning Why: Analysis of the Parliamentary Debates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
8. Testing the Hypothesis through Content Analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
9. The Roots and Resonance of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
Appendix A: Coding the Parliamentary Debates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Appendix B: The Circle of Trust Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Appendix C: The Jamaica Debate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
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About the Author Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251

Language: English
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Copyright year: 1977
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 270

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Published: May 25, 2021
ISBN: 9780824887179