Summary:
Kolkata: The Victoria Memorial Hall (VMH) is hosting an exhibition to commemorate the centenary of one of the worst atrocities in the global history of the British empire, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, which eventually proved to be a tipping point in the history of the nationalist movement in India. Rabindranath Tagore's response along with the engagements that the Jallianwala Bagh massacre was debated in the British Parliament have been depicted through the exhibition. Another major attraction of the exhibition will be oral history recordings of some families of Amritsar which were affected by the massacre. The artistic direction of the exhibition has been done by Sanchayan Ghosh of Kala Bhavan, Shantiniketan. Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, will inaugurate the exhibition in presence of Gurbux Singh – former Indian hockey captain and Arjuna awardee..