Written by Abhishek Goyat

A book titled Jallianwala Bagh ki Karahein , which attempts to bring banned literature by local writers after the 1919 massacre into the public domain, was released in Chandigarh on Saturday.

A former officer of the Haryana Archives Department, Rajwanti Mann, has authored the book.

It was released by historian Harish Puri, former Chair of the B R Ambedkar Chair (Guru Nanak Dev University), at an event organised by the Readers and Writers Society of India.

Drawing upon material acquired from India Office Records (British Library, London), Mann unearthed works that capture the era’s pain and anger.

The works include poems, plays and eyewitness’ accounts describing the brutality inflicted on civilians. Among the accounts, there is the testimony of Ratan Devi

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