MILITARY PERSONNEL

Reginald Dyer

1864 - 1927

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Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, (9 October 1864 – 23 July 1927) was a British military officer in the Bengal Army and later the newly constituted British Indian Army. His military career began in the regular British Army, but he soon transferred to the presidency armies of India. As a temporary brigadier-general, he was responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre that took place on 13 April 1919 in Amritsar (in the province of Punjab). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Reginald Dyer has received more than 2,850,395 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Reginald Dyer is the 1,841st most popular military personnel (down from 1,551st in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 75th in 2019) and the most popular Pakistani Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Reginald Dyer ranks 1,841 out of 2,058. Before him are Kliment Boyadzhiev, Billy Bishop, Frederick C. Weyand, Márcio Melo, Reginald Wingate, and Riad al-Asaad. After him are Thomas Picton, Musa Gareyev, John André, Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, Volodymyr Pravyk, and Kyrylo Budanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Reginald Dyer ranks 155. Before him are Artur Văitoianu, Elinor Glyn, Anna Haava, Alexandre Levy, Toros Toramanian, and Miina Härma. After him are Arthur Smith Woodward, Emil Kellenberger, Alice Tegnér, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Jakob Emanuel Lange, and George Hillyard. Among people deceased in 1927, Reginald Dyer ranks 123. Before him are J. B. Bury, Vincenzo Cerulli, Feliciano Viera, Kenjirō Tokutomi, Franz Mertens, and Kristian Prestrud. After him are Klaus Berntsen, Ricardo Güiraldes, Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer, Marcus Loew, Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez, and Johan Edman.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Reginald Dyer ranks 81 out of 217. Before him are Art Malik (1952), Sultan Bahu (1630), Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), Balraj Sahni (1913), Yousaf Raza Gillani (1952), and Muhammad Mian Soomro (1950). After him are Noor Jehan (1926), Shekhar Kapur (1945), Babita (1947), Muhammad Zafarullah Khan (1893), Shaukat Aziz (1949), and Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Pakistan

Among military personnels born in Pakistan, Reginald Dyer ranks 1. After him are Ashfaq Parvez Kayani (1952).

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