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=== Early history ===
The {{convert|7|acre|m2|adj=on}} site is located in the vicinity
Jallianwala Bagh or the garden of the Jallah-man, with its well, implies that it was once green and flowering.<ref name="Anand2019pp.97-109"/> Over the years it had become popular as a recreation ground and an area of rest for those visiting the nearby Golden temple.<ref name="Anand2019pp.97-109"/> In 1919, it was a dried-out plot, surrounded by tightly packed multi-occupancy buildings dividend by some narrow streets, and having only one entrance and exit route.<ref name=Wagner.pp.150-153>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bziIDwAAQBAJ&q=jallianwalla+bagh+memorial Wagner, Kim. ''Amritsar 1919''. Chapter 8. Baisakhi. pp.150-153]</ref> It was unoccupied and surrounded by a wall.<ref name=Wagner.pp.150-153/> The place derives its name from the Jallianwalia family.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Fenech |first1=Louis E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xajcAwAAQBAJ&dq=nankana+massacre+brahmin&pg=PA163 |title=Historical Dictionary of Sikhism |last2=McLeod |first2=W. H. |date=2014-06-11 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-3601-1 |language=en}}</ref>
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