The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, also known as the Amritsar Massacre, marks one of the darkest moment in Indian history. The incident ignited the first spark of the Indian freedom movement, which ultimately led to the fall of the British empire. On April 13, 1919, the troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer fired upon a crowd who had gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar for the annual Baisakhi celebration and also to protest peacefully against the deportation of two national leaders Dr Satya Pal and Dr Saifuddin Kitchlew. As per the British record, the incident killed 379 people and wounded 1,200, however, the Indian National Congress estimated killing of over 1,000 people. The Jallianwala Bagh is a public garden of 6 to 7 acres with five entrances and wall on all the sides. The troops first blocked the entry of the ground by a tank, locked the exit and fired continuously for ten minutes, killing and injuring many. The bullets were fired on the people who were trying to flee from the open gates. To save themselves people even jumped into the well and after the massacre over 120 bodies were recovered.