Who ordered troops to fire on the crowd at Jallianwala Bagh?
AReginald Dyer
BSidney Rowlatt
CEdwin Montagu
DWinston Churchill
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Reginald Dyer
Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer ordered his troops to block the exits and shoot into the crowd.
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