mohandas gandhi returned the knighthood conferred on him by british goverment after jallianwala bagh massacre.
mohandas gandhi returned the knighthood conferred on him by british goverment after jallianwala bagh massacre.
who returned the knighthood conferred on him by british goverment after jallianwala bagh massacre?
mohandas gandhi
its most famous recipient is mohandas gandhi, who was awarded the kaisar-i-hind in 1915 by the lord hardinge of penshurst for his contribution to ambulance services in south africa. gandhi returned the medal in 1920 as part of the national campaign protesting the jallianwala bagh massacre and in support of the khilafat movement.









































section::::partial list of recipients.









































gold medal









































bullet::::- sarojini naidu, received gold medal for organising flood relief work in hyderabad, later returned in protest over jallianwala bagh massacre.









































bullet::::- mohandas karamchand gandhi (returned 1920)









































bullet::::- henry cousens, received gold medal for services in archaeological research and writings.
kaisar-i-hind medal
jallianwala bagh massacre









































the jallianwala bagh massacre, also known as the amritsar massacre, took place on 13 april 1919 when troops of the british indian army under the command of acting brigadier-general reginald dyer fired rifles into a crowd of unarmed indian civilians who had gathered in jallianwala bagh, amritsar, punjab. the civilians had assembled for a peaceful protest to condemn the arrest and deportation of two national leaders, satya pal and saifuddin kitchlew, and to honour the sikh festival of baisakhi.









































the jallianwalla bagh is a public garden of 6 to , walled on all sides, with five entrances.
jallianwala bagh massacre