<span style="color: #212529;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to the martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. In a tweet, he said their unparalleled courage and sacrifice will keep motivating the coming generations.<br />''<br />''Union Home Minister Amit Shah also remembered the martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. He said the whole world saw the cruel face of British rule on this day in 1919.<br />''<br />''The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place when General Dyer ordered troops to fire on the largely peaceful crowd gathered to protest against the Rowlatt Act. Rowlatt Act was a controversial piece of legislation enacted by the British colonial government in 1919 that empowered the government to arrest and detain Indians without trial, sparking widespread protests and agitation across the nation.</span>