Hunter Commission

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The Hunter Commission was a British-appointed committee of inquiry established in 1919 to investigate the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and related events in Punjab.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British government committee
commission of inquiry
appliesToJurisdiction British India
Punjab
appointedBy British Government of India
linked to: Colonial Office

Secretary of State for India
archivesAt National Archives of India
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
chairperson Lord William Hunter
concludedThat General Dyer committed a grave error
linked to: Reginald Dyer

firing at Jallianwala Bagh was unjustified
country United Kingdom
criticized excessive use of force in Punjab
indiscriminate arrests and floggings
endTime early 1920s
followedBy parliamentary debate in British House of Commons
public outrage in India
hasMember Chimanlal Harilal Setalvad
George C. Rankin
Hugh Fraser
Jagat Narayan
S. N. Bannerjee
Thomas Smith
William Fraser
William Hunter
hasPurpose investigation of Jallianwala Bagh massacre
investigation of disturbances in Punjab in 1919
historicalPeriod Indian independence movement
inception 1919
investigatedEvent Jallianwala Bagh massacre
civil disturbances in Punjab 1919
martial law administration in Punjab 1919
languageOfWork English
locationOfHearings Amritsar
Gujranwala
Lahore
namedAfter Lord William Hunter
opposedBy Indian National Congress
Punjab leaders
partOf British response to Rowlatt Act unrest
perceivedAs whitewashing of British responsibility by Indian nationalists
producedWork Hunter Commission Report
linked to: Hunter Commission
recommended disciplinary action against Reginald Dyer
reforms in martial law procedures
significantPersonInProceedings Mahatma Gandhi
Michael O'Dwyer
linked to: Michael O’Dwyer

Rabindranath Tagore
Reginald Dyer

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Hunter Commission producedWork Hunter Commission Report
linked to: Hunter Commission
Reginald Dyer investigatedBy Hunter Commission
Reginald Dyer subjectOf Hunter Commission inquiry
linked to: Hunter Commission
Thomas Smith memberOf Hunter Commission
Jagat Narayan memberOf Hunter Commission
William Fraser memberOf Hunter Commission
William Fraser participatedIn Hunter Commission inquiry
linked to: Hunter Commission
George C. Rankin memberOf Hunter Commission