I was born and raised in Punjab, a state in India, which has a huge population of Sikhs. Growing up, my teachers and parents always told us about the most tragic moment the Sikh community experienced, the Amritsar massacre. I am a Sikh and practice my religion as much as my parents, so I have always been exposed to stories of the massacre of Sikhs. It's very interesting to me because it shows how brave the Sikh community is and what they would do to protect their land and their rights. Since moving to the United States at the age of just 6, I have lost touch with my heritage and searched for more information about the massacre. My parents and grandparents were always eager to teach me more about the Sikh massacre, but I was too distracted to pay attention or care. Growing up in a different world where everyone spoke a different language, I was more interested in learning about this new country rather than my own culture. Slowly, this new country had erased much of my knowledge of Sikh culture, which was my parents' greatest fear. After visiting India after 12 years I realized how much history I didn't know about my culture. I wanted to learn as much as possible, but the time I had in India was very limited. I spent my early childhood in Punjab, attending Punjabi school and learning about Punjabi culture. Because of this I have some knowledge of the Sikh massacre, but since I was very young it has slowly faded away. What I know about this tragic event is that it changed Punjab forever. Thousands of innocent families lost their loved ones due to the brutality of the British Army. On 13 April 1919 in Amritsar a large group of non-violent demonstrators had gathered for a protest when the British army opened fire and ki...... middle of paper ......doesn't know how he managed to survive, but he was certainly happy to have made it. Back at headquarters, when his superiors questioned him about his outrageous step, Dyer reported that a revolutionary army at Jallian Wala Bagh was defying him and was trying to teach a moral lesson for Punjab for doing so. I think Dyer and his troops could have dispersed the crowd without shooting, but that's not what happened because Dyer thought the Punjabis would come back again and laugh for not being a good general. General Dyer was also known to carry machine guns, but could not bring them into the field because they were large armored cars. Dyer could have stopped shooting when the crowd began to disperse, but he didn't because he thought it was his duty to continue fighting until the crowd dispersed and that firing too little would do no good...