Jallianwala Bagh Martyr's Memorial, Amritsar was built in the memory of those who lost their lives in the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. Situated very close to the Harmandir Sahib or the Golden Temple this memorial is a living reminder of the massacre of the hundreds of unarmed Indian by a British military officer Brigadier -General Dyer on the 13th of April in the year 1919. the incident took place in Amritsar on the birth anniversary of Khalsa, which is considered to be a holy day by the Sikhs.
Jallianwala Bagh was once a garden in Amritsar. In 1919 it was an uneven and unoccupied space almost an indifferently walled dumping ground. After the tragic happenings on the Baisakhi Day of 1919 the site, Jallianwala Bagh Martyr's Memorial, became a national pilgrimage.
Soon after the massacre a committee was formed with Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya as the president. This committee was formed to raise a memorial to preserve the memory of the martyrs. Thus the Jallianwala Bagh Martyr's Memorial, Amritsar came into existence. The Bagh was acquired by the nation on the 1st of August of the year 1920. It costed Rs 5,60,472. But the Jallianwala Bagh Martyr's Memorial came into existence after the Independence. The monument was inaugurated on the 13th of April, 1961 by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India. The structure was built at a cost of Rs. 9,25,000.
A stone lantern is there at each corner of the tank at Jallianwala Bagh Martyr's Memorial, Amritsar. On all four sides of the pylon the words “ in memory of martyrs, 13 April 1919” has been inscribed in Urdu, Hindi, English and Punjabi.
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