The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre changed the trajectory of the deliberation of the fourth session of Kumaon Parishad, which was held in the Udham Singh Nagar district of present-day Uttarakhand in December 1920.
The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (also known as Amritsar Massacre) took place in 1919, when a British General named Dyer led the imperial police to exterminate a large gathering of peaceful demonstrators, who were protesting against the Rowlatt Act and detention of several pro-independence leaders at Amritsar. This tragic event enraged millions of Indians and exposed the brutality of the British imperial forces. Simultaneously, the leaders and the volunteers of the Kumaon Parishad also rose in fury and resolved to accelerate its activities. Several new branches were consequently founded and strong resolutions were passed everywhere against begar and forest policies. Also, a sense of immediacy above and beyond in relating the local movements with the national struggle was felt in the proceedings of the Parishad after the massacre at Amritsar.
The tragedy of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre inflicted grievous pain in the head and heart of the members of the Kumaon Parishad, who then resolved to carry forward the nationalist campaign against British colonial rule with revolutionary zeal afterward.
Source: Indian Culture Portal