Vice President to Release ₹100 Coin on Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, will pay homage to the martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on the centenary of the tragic incident at the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial in Amritsar, Punjab, on April 13, 2019.


During the homage ceremony, Shri Naidu is also scheduled to unveil a ₹100 commemorative coin and commemorative postage stamp.

The event commemorates the centenary of the massacre in which hundreds of innocent men, women, and children were killed by Brigadier General Reginald Dyer during a peaceful meeting at the park on April 13, 1919.

Shri Naidu will also visit an exhibition on the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre organized by the Bureau of Outreach & Communication, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, at the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial.

Jallianwala Bagh was declared a national memorial by an Act of Parliament titled the "Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act, 1951." The memorial is managed by the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Trust (JBNMT).

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