British had a harsh economic and political agenda in India, the Great Bengal Famine 1943-44 was a reflection of the same. Partial Crop failre due to monsoon was a regular happening during that time also. But because of the high taxation the farmer’s savings also got harnessed by the British. Which resulted the greatest famine in the history of India. Nearly 4 million people died in the famine.

People gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh to peacefully protest the arrest of two leaders Dr. Satyapal and Dr. Saifuddin, the British Government declared curfew. The protest, however, was not a non-violent one. On the order of General Dyer, the troops fired on the crowd for ten minutes resulting in the death of
around 1000 people and injuring another  thousands of people. To save themselves, people resorted to jumping into nearby well and it is said that 120 bodies were recovered from here after the massacre.

He was one of the youngest revolutionary of Indian Independent movement from Bengal.

Chandra Shekhar Azad had vowed that he would never be arrested by the British police and kept his promise
by using his last bullet to shoot himself in the head. He was Chandra Shekhar Azad, one of the most noteable,
Indian revolutionaries, who joined the revolution for the Indian independence when he was only 15 years old.