the indira gandhi national centre for the arts ignca and the arts and cultural heritage trust taacht hosted the inauguration of jallianwala bagh centenary commemoration exhibition 19192019 last week the exhibition was inaugurated by ram bahadur rai president ignca pv ramesh director general national archives of india and colonel bogra the grandson of lala duni chand who was a part of the municipal corporation of lahore in 1919 sachchidanand joshi member secretary ignca and kishwar desai chairperson taacht joined them in lighting the lampthe exhibition focusses on the history of the jallianwala bagh massacre in the form of newspaper reports and photographs from that time all of these are put with a historical context of the events that led to the jallianwala bagh massacre and the horrific aftermath this exhibition also tells the story of punjab in 1919 in a new waythrough its impact on peoples lives the exhibition uses various installations and mediums to explore the tragedy that befell amritsar on april 13 1919 and the martial law that followed in his welcome address joshi paid his respects to the martyrs and stressed on how sikhs hindus and muslims lost their lives together in amritsar and that is why jallianwala bagh is a reminder of indias collective tragedy but also its unity and strength in times of crisis