Which massacre is known as Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy of Madhya Pradesh?

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Correct — A, the Charan Paduka Massacre. On 14 January 1931 colonial forces opened fire on an unarmed crowd of satyagrahis gathered at Charan Paduka, in Chhatarpur district (Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh), killing about 21 people. Because the firing on a peaceful gathering echoed the Amritsar tragedy, this episode is remembered as the 'Jallianwala Bagh of Madhya Pradesh' — exactly what the question asks.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Jhabua is a tribal district of western Madhya Pradesh, but it is not the event carrying the 'Jallianwala Bagh of MP' epithet.  (c) Mandla is a district of MP tied to Gond history; it is not the massacre remembered as MP's Jallianwala Bagh.  (d) Amjhera (Dhar district) is associated with the 1857 uprising in Malwa, not with the firing known as MP's Jallianwala Bagh.

Concept: The Charan Paduka firing (Chhatarpur district, Bundelkhand) is Madhya Pradesh's best-known colonial-era massacre of the freedom struggle. Authorities fired on peaceful protesters, and the scale of the killing earned it the popular name 'Jallianwala Bagh of Madhya Pradesh' (or of Bundelkhand).

State PCS 2018 Q27 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2018 Q27 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer