About the Book: Crimson Spring: A Novel
On 13 April 1919, about twenty-five thousand unarmed Indians had gathered in
Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, an open area enclosed by the high walls of
flat-roofed houses in a densely populated part of the city. Many of those in the
crowd were listening to speakers denouncing the iniquities of the Rowlatt Act,
which had recently been imposed on the country by the British, while others,
including several children, were simply there to rest, relax, and catch up with
friends. A little after five in the evening, a detachment of soldiers, led by
Brigadier General R. E. H. Dyer,