The Butcher of Amritsar

The Butcher of Amritsar
Author: Nigel Collett
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 614
Release: 2006-10-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781852855758

On 13 April 1919, General Reginald Dyer marched a squad of Indian soldiers into the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, and opened fire without warning on a crowd gathered to hear political speeches. This is an account of the massacre set in the context of a biography of a man whose attitudes reflected many of the views common in the Raj.

India's Railway History

India's Railway History
Author: John Hurd II
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2012-08-03
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9004230033

This handbook provides an indispensable reference guide to most aspects of the history of India’s railways. The secondary literature is surveyed, primary sources identified, statistical and cartographic data discussed, and a massive bibliography made available.