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 ⓘ