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was named after the Jallianwala Bagh (Garden) in the northern Indian city of Amritsar where
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was a campaign of nonviolent protest against the British salt tax in colonial India which began with the Salt March to Dandi on March 12, 1930. It was the first act of organized opposition to British rule after Purna Swaraj, the declaration of independence by the Indian National Congress
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civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for immediate independence.
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The Indian military had no role in the relinquishment of control by the British and the division of India into two parts-- India and Pakistan
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is celebrated on 15 August to commemorate its independence from British rule and its birth as a sovereign nation .
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was assassinated on January 30, 1948, shot at point-blank range by Nathuram Godse, an activist.
