Disorders Inquiry Committee 1919-1920. Report

3. In order to obtain a general view of the character of the disturances and of the scope of the enquiry it will be useful to explain briefly the relative geographical position of the chief centres of disorder and to refer to a few salient dates which indicate the sequence of events in point of time. [...] Although it might have been more convenient to review at the outset the findings of the Committee regarding the causes and nature of the disturbances we are reluctant to depart from the general plan of the majority report as any such departure would increase the difficulty of comparing its findings with those of the minority. [...] The Government of India consider that the events described in this chapter have an important bearing on the rest of the report for they were the first fruits of the Sat►i►y►a►if movement the first collision between the forces of order and the adherents of the passive resistance or civil disobedience movement. [...] The Committee comment however on the failure to warn the European residents in the city of the danger of their postion observing that this omission seems inconsistent with the precau-i tions taken for the evacuation of the women and children. [...] They describe the place and give a full account of all the facts and circumstances of the firing stating the number of rounds fired-1 650 and the extent of the casualties the dead being estimated at 379 and the wounded at three times that number.