Young Martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh: Child and Adolescent Victims (Ages 9–20)

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Young Martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh: The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

On this 107th Anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (13 April 2026), Hindu Infopedia pays special homage to the Young Martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh — the innocent children and adolescents who were mercilessly gunned down while celebrating Baisakhi and peacefully protesting the repressive Rowlatt Act. As detailed in our main blog on the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre and the connected posts on the Rowlatt Act and Gandhi’s response, British troops under General Reginald Dyer opened indiscriminate fire on a defenseless crowd of men, women, and children trapped inside the bagh. While those posts cover the full historical context, the scale of the atrocity, the official casualty figures versus Indian estimates, and many adult victims, this section focuses exclusively on the Young Martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh — the youngest souls whose bright futures were extinguished in minutes of colonial brutality. Their names, ages, residences, and professions (many of them students) bring home the heartbreaking human cost that no official report could ever erase.

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

This focused remembrance of the Young Martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh builds upon the detailed historical account in our main post on the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, which documents the events of 13 April 1919, the indiscriminate firing by General Reginald Dyer, casualty debates, and the wider human impact. It also connects to our exploration of the Rowlatt Act and Gandhi’s Response, which reveals how repressive British legislation sparked peaceful protests that were met with brutal violence. Furthermore, as covered in our series on British colonial policies — including Cultural Genocide by British: India’s Civilizational Soul Destroyed (or the Hindi version on hinduinfopedia.org), British Loot and Industrialize: How India Funded Britain’s Rise, Bengal Famine and British Genocides, British Stole Indian Treasures: Colonial Plunder and Cultural Genocide, and Economy in British Raj: The Systematic Drain of Indian Wealth — the Jallianwala Bagh atrocity was not an isolated incident but part of a larger machinery of repression, economic extraction, cultural dismantling, and engineered famines that defined British rule in India. While those posts examine the systemic plunder, deindustrialization, and civilizational assault on Bharat, the section below highlights the most heartbreaking face of that tyranny: the innocent children and adolescents who became the Young Martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh

Rowlatt Act

Child and Young Martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh (Ages 9–20)

On this 107th Anniversary (13 April 2026), we specially remember the youngest innocents whose lives were brutally cut short by British bullets while they attended a peaceful Baisakhi gathering. These children and adolescents — students, weavers, cultivators, and sons of ordinary families — represent the stolen future of a nation. Their names must never be forgotten.

Age 9

• Hassan Mohammad — Resident of Gujranwala, Punjab; 9 years old; Student.
• Sohan Lal alias Ram Nath — Resident of Kucha Dhrel, Katra Ahluwalian, Amritsar city, Punjab; 9 years old; Student.

Age 12

• Nand Lal — Resident of Sewak Mandi, Amritsar city, Punjab; 12 years old; Brahmin.
• Hukam Singh — Resident of Kucha Kamboh, Katra Kohna, Amritsar city, Punjab; 12 years old; Student.
• Mohammad Sharif — Resident of Kucha Mochian, Amritsar city, Punjab; 12 years old.
• Mohn Lal — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 12 years old.
• Murli Mal — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 12 years old.

Age 14

• Ahmad Din — Resident of Nawan Bazar, Lahore, Punjab; 14 years old; Kumhar (Potter).
• Nikmu Mal — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 14 years old.
• Rasula — Resident of Chabal Kalan, tehsil Tarn Taran, Amritsar, Punjab; 14 years old; Weaver.

Age 15

• Guru Brahman — Resident of Haveli Sardar Dhana Singh, Amritsar city, Punjab; 15 years old; Brahmin.
• Harbans Lal — Resident of Miani, tehsil Dasuya, district Hoshiarpur, Punjab; 15 years old; Brahmin.
• Harnam Singh — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 15 years old; Carpenter.
• Giyan Chand — Resident of Kucha Tiwarian, Chowk Pasian, Amritsar city, Punjab; 15 years old; Confectioner.
• Tara Singh — Resident of Mauza Musa, tehsil Tarn Taran, district Amritsar, Punjab; 15 years old; Cultivator.
• Abdulla — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 15 years old; Dhobi.
• Fazal — Resident of Gujranwala, Punjab; 15 years old; Labourer.
• Sohan Singh — Resident of Kahuta, Rawalpindi, Punjab; 15 years old; Student.
• Sundar Singh — Resident of Kucha Tarkhan Chowk Kaserian, Amritsar city, Punjab; 15 years old; Student.
• Kesar Singh — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 15 years old.

Age 16

• Natha Singh — Resident of Jethuwal, district Amritsar, Punjab; 16 years old; Cultivator.
• Meva Singh — Resident of Kucha Kamboh, Katra Jallianwala, Amritsar city, Punjab; 16 years old; Medic.
• Labhu Ram — Resident of Chowk Pasian, Amritsar city, Punjab; 16 years old; Student.
• Abdul Hamid — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 16 years old.
• Ahmed Din — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 16 years old.
• Musa — Resident of Katra Khazana, Kucha Mochian, Amritsar city, Punjab; 16 years old; Weaver.

Age 17

• Harnam Singh — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 17 years old; Carpenter.
• Sher Singh — Resident of Quila Bhangian, Amritsar city, Punjab; 17 years old; Confectioner.
• Abdul Karim — Resident of Katra Karm Singh, Kucha Churian, Amritsar city, Punjab; 17 years old; Student.
• Hazari Lal — Resident of Kucha Uplan, Amritsar city, Punjab; 17 years old.
• Muni Lal — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 17 years old.
• Ram Lubhaya — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 17 years old.

Age 18

• Ram Chand — Resident of Lahore, Punjab; 18 years old; Apprentice.
• Kadoo — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 18 years old; Brahmin.
• Beli Ram — Resident of Brahminwala, district Lahore, Punjab; 18 years old; Cultivator.
• Gian Chand — Resident of Mauza Thanda, tehsil and district Amritsar, Punjab; 18 years old; Cultivator.
• Abdul Karim — Resident of Kucha Rangrezan, Amritsar, Punjab; 18 years old; Dhobi.
• Miraj Din — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 18 years old; Kharasi.
• Charagh Din — Resident of Kot Murad Khan, district Lahore, Punjab; 18 years old; Labourer.
• Dheru alias Nizam Din — Resident of Bsho Basi Bhogela, tehsil Garh Shanker, district Hoshiarpur, Punjab; 18 years old; Labourer.
• Panna Lal — Resident of Kucha Nain Sukh, Katra Parja, Amritsar city, Punjab; 18 years old; Private Employee.
• Rukn Din — Resident of village Thanda, Amritsar, Punjab; 18 years old; Shoe maker.
• Balwant Singh — Resident of Kucha Tarkhana, Amritsar city, Punjab; 18 years old; Student.
• Nand Lal — Resident of Sewak Mandi, Amritsar city, Punjab; 18 years old; Student.
• Sundar Singh — Resident of Khutura Kalan, tehsil Ajnala, Amritsar, Punjab; 18 years old; Student.
• Billa — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 18 years old.
• Nathu — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 18 years old.

Age 19

• Dass — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 19 years old; Brahmin.
• Kesar Singh — Resident of Mauza Raja Sansi, tehsil Ajnala, Punjab; 19 years old; Confectioner.
• Harnam Singh — Resident of Mauza Adilwala, tehsil Ajnala, district Amritsar, Punjab; 19 years old; Employee.
• Prabh Diyal — Resident of Kucha Jassa, Amritsar city, Punjab; 19 years old; Hawker.
• Mohan Lal — Resident of Kucha Karmon, Amritsar city, Punjab; 19 years old; Private Employee.
• Mohd. Shafi — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 19 years old; Private Employee.
• Hamid — Resident of Ghee Mandi, Amritsar city, Punjab; 19 years old; Refugar.
• Bhag — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 19 years old.
• Sundar Singh — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 19 years old.

Age 20

• Tirlock Chand — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 20 years old; Apprentice.
• Sohan Singh — Resident of Mauza Lalughuman, tehsil Tarn Taran, Amritsar, Punjab; 20 years old; Blacksmith.
• Jagdish — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 20 years old; Brahmin.
• Manak Chand — Resident of Kucha Gosain, Amritsar city, Punjab; 20 years old; Broker.
• Bura — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 20 years old; Carpenter.
• Mul Singh — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 20 years old; Carpenter.
• Ghulam Mohammad — Resident of Gujranwala, Punjab; 20 years old; Dhobi.
• Girdhari Lal — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 20 years old; Domestic servant.
• Girdhari — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 20 years old; Domestic servant.
• Harnam Singh — Resident of Kucha Loharanwala, Amritsar city, Punjab; 20 years old; Employee.
• Natha Singh — Resident of Jhetuwal, Amritsar, Punjab; 20 years old; Farmer.
• Miraj Din — Resident of Kucha Awal, Thana Lohgarh, Amritsar, Punjab; 20 years old; Kharasi.
• Kehar Singh — Resident of Dharmsala Peshawarian, Amritsar city, Punjab; 20 years old; Private Employee.
• Ilam Din — Resident of Mauza Chak Mokand, tehsil and district Amritsar, Punjab; 20 years old; Servant.
• Bal Mokand — Resident of Bagh Jhanda Singh, Amritsar city, Punjab; 20 years old; Shopkeeper.
• Khusi Ram — Resident of Pindi Saidpur, Pind Dadan Khan, district Jhelum, Punjab; 20 years old; Student.
• Sant Ram — Resident of village Varpal, Amritsar, Punjab; 20 years old; Student.
• Barkat — Resident of Mistri Bazar, Amritsar city, Punjab; 20 years old.
• Bhula — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 20 years old.
• Chanan — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 20 years old.
• Gandoo — Resident of Kucha Uthan, Katra Ramgarhian, Amritsar city, Punjab; 20 years old.
• Gulam Mustafa — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 20 years old.
• Isar — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 20 years old.
• Palla — Resident of Amritsar city, Punjab; 20 years old.
• Mohd. Din — Resident of Kucha Nizam Qutab Din, Katra Mohan Singh, Amritsar city, Punjab; 20 years old; Zargar (Goldsmith).

The Young Martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh Reflections

The Young Martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh continue to remind us that colonial oppression spared no one — not even the youngest among us. By preserving and sharing these names on the 107th anniversary, we ensure their memory lives on and strengthens our commitment to truth, remembrance, and the ideals of Swaraj for which they unknowingly gave their lives.

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