A European officer in the British Indian Army, and an actual historical figure, responsible for the massacre in Amritsar. Dyer orders a squad of fifty troops to open fire in the middle of a peaceful protest during Gandhi’s hartal, and Aadam Aziz is buried under a pile of dead bodies.
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Brigadier R. E. Dyer Character Timeline in Midnight’s Children
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Book 1: Mercurochrome
...need his help. He happens upon a peaceful protest, and his nose begins to itch. Brigadier R. E. Dyer arrives at the protest accompanied by fifty troops, and Aadam feels a sneeze forming. As...
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