After the Golden Temple visit we go to see the site of the 1919 British massacre of 5,000 unarmed Indians who were peacefully demonstrating against the British imposition of emergency rule. They were trapped in this high walled compound and General Dyer gave the orders to his 150 troops to fire on them killing 400 and wounding 1500 more. The British Raj later denounced the action as excesssive use of force.
Then we travel by car from Amritsar to Dharamsala/ Mcleod Ganj up into the foothills of the Western Himalayas. It's cold but it's a nice town, Christine and I buy Yak Hats from Arif, a young man whose family makes the products in Kashmir.
British Hill Station established by British in 19th century. Home to Dalai Lama and the Tibetan Government in exile.
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