Solution:The incident happened against the backdrop of protests against the Rowlatt Act and the subsequent arrest of Dr. Satyapal and Saifuddin Kitchlew.To control the violence that raged after the arrest of the two nationalists, restrictions were imposed on the movement of people and holding of demonstrations in Amritsar.
But on the day of Baisakhi, April 13, 1919, thousands of people, unaware of the restrictions, gathered at Jallianwala Bagh.
General Dyer following the orders of Michael O'Dwyer (Lt. Governor of Punjab) directed the troops to surround the gathering and shoot the people without any warning. As a result, thousands of people were killed and injured.
After this incident, Rabindra Nath Tagore renounced his Knighthood. Mahatma Gandhi gave up the title of Kaiser-i-Hind and withdrew the Satyagrah against Rowlatt act.