Nazrul and Journalism (contd-1)

The 1919 Amritsar massacre, known alternatively as the Jallianwala Bagh massacre after the Jallianwala Bagh (Garden) in the northern Indian city of Amritsar, was ordered by General R.E.H. Dyer. On Sunday April 13, 1919, which happened to be 'Baisakhi', one of Punjab's largest religious festivals, fifty British Indian Army soldiers, commanded by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer, began shooting at an unarmed gathering of men, women, and children without warning. Dyer marched his fifty riflemen to a raised bank and ordered them to kneel and fire. Dyer ordered soldiers to reload their rifles several times and they were ordered to shoot to kill. Official British Raj sources estimated the fatalities at 379, and with 1,100 wounded. Civil Surgeon Dr Williams DeeMeddy indicated that there were 1,526 casualties. However, the casualty number quoted by the Indian National Congress was more than 1,500, with roughly 1,000 killed.
Nazrul wrote a book, "Yugabani",  recommending  to construct a monument in the name of The Great Hero Dyer inscribing "Dyer's Smritistanbha" and for this the book was banded .
Nazrul used to write highly againstthe oppression of British Imperialism on Indian people . In 1920, Nazrul wrote an essay in Nabayug on " Who is responsible for the murder of Muhajirin" and for this reason the deposit money of Nabayug was confiscated in Aug-Sept.
Fazlul Haq tried a lot, collected Rs.2,000/- and deposited it again the money for re-publishing Nabayug. Nazrul had cut of his connection ith Nabayug in the month of Dec 1920, Muzaffar Ahmed continued for another one month and gave up his connection with Nabayug in jan 1921.