Massacre in a Holy City
Synopsis
Presented by Kuldip Singh Sahota, we explore what really happened on that fateful day of April 13th 1919 in the heart of the Punjab, Amritsar. With the help of author of 'Garden of Bullets' Saurav Dutt, author of 'The Butcher of Amritsar' Nigel Collett, Dr Harish Puri and Dr Stephen Badsey, the events that lead up to the massacre are contextualised.
The massacre itself caused the deaths of up to 1000 innocent Indian men, women and children.
After the massacre a strict curfew was imposed on the city, thus stopping dead and the dying receiving any medical help. Then immediately a martial law was declared which further punished the local population with crawling and flogging orders.
Details
- Year
- 2019
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 58 min 50 sec
- Director
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Ravi Kumar Rattan 1st Feature
- Producer
- Kuldip Singh Sahota
- Executive Producer
- Sundeep Singh Sahota
- Editor
- Stephen Saunders
- Screenwriter
- Kuldip Singh Sahota, Stephen Saunders, Ron Saunders
- Director of Photography
- Ravi Kumar Rattan, Lal Art Studio
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Kuldip Sahota
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