Reginald Dyer, the Butcher of Amritsar, of Jallianwala Bagh infamy, was the youngest son of one Edward Dyer, the man often credited with establishing India's first successful brewery at Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh. It would eventually become Mohan Meakin Breweries.
Edward Dyer is often credited with establishing Asia's first brewery. But this is not perfectly true as he took over an old run-down brewery.
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