Ajnalla Well where 300 of us are buried

After the 26th BNI fled in panic, following the mysterious death of Major Spencer, they headed straight for the banks of the river Ravi. They were chased by Frederick Cooper, the Deputy Commissioner of Amritsar, who with the help of local police and Sikhs shot , killed and hanged the fugitives, about 300 in number, in a most horrendous manner. The sweepers were then made to throw the dead and dying into a well in the village of Ajnalla.

Cooper was heard to say “There is a well at Cawnpore but there is also one at Ajnalla”