Dyer is infamous for the orders that he gave on 13 April 1919 in Amritsar . It was by his command that 50 troops , including 25 Gurkhas of 1/9 Gurkha Rifles ( 1st battalion , 9th Gurkha Rifles ) , 25 Pathans and Baluch , 54th Sikhs and 59th Sindh Rifles , all armed with .303 Lee – Enfield rifles , opened fire on a non-violent gathering of unarmed civilians , men , women and children , at the Jallianwalla Bagh , in what later came to be known as the Amritsar massacre
Amritsar massacre
Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Reginald Dyer