“The gun was shocked at that order to shoot
It had seen no threat to boot
All it saw was the killer with the animalistic zeal
Then it felt happy that it did not have a heart to feel”
He was born in Murree, in the Punjab province of British India, which is now in Pakistan on 9 October 1864.
He spent his childhood in Murree and Shimla and received his early education at the Lawrence College Ghora Gali, Murree and Bishop Cotton School in Shimla!
He also briefly studied medicine, at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
He was also fluent in a number of Indian languages as well as Persian.
With all these qualifications you would assume that the person would love India and Indians or at least have some compassion to the country in which he was born.
Even if that was not there since he was in army, every human being however bad or strict or following orders; would never harm any person who is unarmed.
Now some army folks can still think of unarmed people as a risk, but even then no human would ever harm women and helpless children who were at his mercy when he actually had no risk to his or any one else’s life.
The thought process which would have gone in his mind when he ordered his battalion to shoot a peaceful gathering of unarmed men, women and innocent children actually makes him more worse than many dictators of his time.
The only reason the number of people killed even though is more is in the range of 400 to 1000s is that the ammunitions were over. The more concerning factor was that he did not even allow the injured to be treated or rescued by declaring martial law.
One of the most despicable acts in the history of India was done today several years back by one born in India. And to think that this rank was actually a temporary post given to him and if he had not shot a single person, no one would have said a thing!
In the list of most cruel people ever to have lived, his name must always be there at the top; R. E. H. Dyer…Jallianwala Bagh massacre still hurts…
Sorry for the melancholy; maybe you can lift yourself and feel a little better if you see some movies starring the birthday celebrity Dinesh Hingoo! And follow my mantra for all these; FORGIVE but never FORGET!
Say a prayer for those brave women who tried to protect their kids with their body and life.
Shubh Ratri…
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