Baisakhi is tied to one of the darkest incidents in India’s history. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre happened on this day in 1919. On April 13, 1919, in which British troops fired on a Baisakhi gathering in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab, killing and wounding hundreds. The exact death toll remains uncertain, but an official British report estimated 379 fatalities and about 1,200 wounded—though Indian sources suggest the numbers were significantly higher.
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