CONTEXT:

• The nation is paying homage to martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh massacre on its hundredth anniversary on 13 April, 2019.
• Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu will release a Commemorative Coin and Commemorative Postage Stamp.

BACKGROUND:

• Hundreds of innocent people were killed by Brigadier General Dyer during a peaceful meeting at the Jallianwala park on this day in 1919.