Dominic Asquith, the British High Commissioner to India, joined scores of Indian politicians and public figures on Saturday to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1919 Amritsar massacre. On April 13, 1919, hundreds of unarmed men, women and children were gunned down by British troops at Jallianwala Bagh, a walled garden in Amritsar, following unrest in the northern Indian city. The British government, which ruled India at the time, put the death toll at 379, while Indian freedom fighters said nearly 1,000 people were killed. India gained independence from British colonial rule in 1947. “The events of Jallianwala Bagh 100 years ago today reflect a shameful act in [British-Indian] history,” Asquith noted in a visitors’ book at the memorial. No apology from Britain Many in India demand a British apology for the Jallianwala Bagh (Jallianwala garden) massacre. In a speech in Parliament on Wednesday, British Prime Minister Theresa May said the incident was a “shameful scar” in British-Indian history. Read more: India’s aspirations 70 years ago and now In a visit to India in 2013, then-British PM David Cameron described the event as “deeply shameful” but stopped short of an apology. In 1997, Queen Elizabeth II laid a wreath at… Read full this story
- Hundreds Of Indians March To Observe Centenary Of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
- American Bombs Have Killed Hundreds of Civilians, Including Children, in Unlawful Strikes on Yemen: Report
- British envoy regrets 1919 colonial massacre of Indians
- 100 years after Amritsar massacre_ India demands full UK apology
- The Latest: Pakistan says Indian shelling kills boy; 3 hurt
- Mosque massacre designed for times
- ‘Remastered: The Miami Showband Massacre’ On Netflix Unmasks a Conspiracy and False Flag Attack
- 2019 Marks the 100th Anniversary of the Elaine Phillips Massacres that claimed over 200 lives of Black men, women and children
- Pakistan says 2 Indian warplanes downed, 1 pilot captured
- Pakistan: 2 Indian warplanes downed, 1 pilot captured
The Jallianwala massacre – when British troops killed hundreds of unarmed Indians have 291 words, post on www.dw.com at January 13, 2019. This is cached page on CuBird. If you want remove this page, please contact us.