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BALRAJ SAHNI  - April 13 - Death Anniversary

HINDUSTANI LAL SENA April 13, 1939:   It was formed on this day (on the 20th anniversary day of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre). Hindustani Lal Sena was an anti-colonial guerrilla group in India. It vowed to engage in armed struggle against the British.

JALLIANWALLA BAGH MASSACRE April 13, 1919 Also called Amritsar Massacre Over 1,000 including old, women and children massacred.

PRATAP SINGH KAIRON: Former Chief Minister of Punjab. He started an English language weekly paper called The New Era in Amritsar on April 13, 1932.

UDHAM SINGH April 13, 1919 - Udham Singh witnessed the Jallianwalla Massacre. The incident had greatly shaken Udham Singh and proved a turning point in his life. Best known for assassinating Michael O'Dwyer in March 1940 as an avenging of the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre.