Jallianwala Bagh massacre’ 100th year: Trust wants to honour victims’ kin, has no idea where they are | India News, The Indian Express

Jallianwala Bagh massacre’ 100th year: Trust wants to honour victims’ kin, has no idea where they are | India News, The Indian Express

Written by Kamaldeep Singh Brar |Amritsar |Published: March 27, 2019 7:21:11 am

Jallianwala Bagh massacre’ 100th year: Trust wants to honour victims’ kin, has no idea where they are

According to the family, Sukumar’s grandfather and Congress party leader Sashti Charan Mukherjee had come from West Bangal to Amritsar in 1910. They say he was present when General Dyer had opened fire on Baisakhi in 1919, but escaped by hiding under a table.

Jallianwala Bagh trust member Tarlochan Singh had approached the Amritsar district administration to make arrangements to felicitate the victims’ families as a mark of respect on the date. (Archives)

THE MUKHERJEE family has been taking care of the Jallianwala Bagh for three generations. Sukumar Mukherjee is incumbent secretary of the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Trust.