<P> At 9 : 00 on the morning of 13 April , the traditional festival of Baisakhi , Colonel Reginald Dyer , the acting military commander for Amritsar and its environs , proceeded through the city with several city officials , announcing the implementation of a pass system to enter or leave Amritsar , a curfew beginning at 20 : 00 that night and a ban on all processions and public meetings of four or more persons . The proclamation was read and explained in English , Urdu , Hindi and Punjabi , but few paid it any heed or appear to have learned of it later . Meanwhile , the local CID had received intelligence of the planned meeting in the Jallianwala Bagh through word of mouth and plainclothes detectives in the crowds . At 12 : 40 , Dyer was informed of the meeting and returned to his base at around 13 : 30 to decide how to handle it . </P>
<P> At 9 : 00 on the morning of 13 April , the traditional festival of Baisakhi , Colonel Reginald Dyer , the acting military commander for Amritsar and its environs , proceeded through the city with several city officials , announcing the implementation of a pass system to enter or leave Amritsar , a curfew beginning at 20 : 00 that night and a ban on all processions and public meetings of four or more persons . The proclamation was read and explained in English , Urdu , Hindi and Punjabi , but few paid it any heed or appear to have learned of it later . Meanwhile , the local CID had received intelligence of the planned meeting in the Jallianwala Bagh through word of mouth and plainclothes detectives in the crowds . At 12 : 40 , Dyer was informed of the meeting and returned to his base at around 13 : 30 to decide how to handle it . </P>
who banned all public meetings and procession in amritsar
who banned all public meetings and procession in amritsar
Colonel Reginald Dyer
Colonel Reginald Dyer