Jallianwala Bagh massacre: 100 years on, Britain has much to apologise for

In his evidence before the Disorders Inquiry Committee (1919-1920), Gen Dyer said he would have used machine-guns and enhanced casualty many times over, if the passage allowed armoured cars to go in

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday called the Jallianwala Bagh massacre a "shameful scar" on British-Indian history, but stopped short of a formal apology. As India marks the centenary of the massacre, perhaps it is time Britain crossed that bridge — it has much to apologise for, especially on account of Reginald Dyer. 

Dyer wanted to strike terror "throughout the Punjab" when he ordered troops under his command to open fire on a large gathering at Amritsar's Jallianwala Bagh 100 years ago on April 13, 1919. The victims of the massacre were non-violent protesters against British martial law and