Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: British Parliament to debate after repeated calls for "Apology" for the dastardly act

February 15,2019:

Upper House of British Parliament will debate 1919 Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar on February 19 amid the renewed calls for Britain’s apology for bloodbath in the run-up to its Centenary.

Hundreds of people were killed when the British troops under Brig-Gen Reginald Dyer’s command fired on a crowd of unarmed Indians at the Jallianwala Bagh on April 13, 1919.

Indian-origin British parliamentarians, Lord Meghnad Desai and Lord Raj Loomba, initiated the debate in House of Lords, which had condoned Dyer’s action.

Demands for an apology over massacre and Britain’s plans to commemorate centenary would also be discussed during the debate.

Lord Desai and Lord Loomba had written to PM Theresa May requesting an official apology on behalf of the Jallianwala Bagh Centenary Commemoration Committee JBCCC, According to the committee.

Lord Desai stated on Thursday that JBCCC is supporting an exhibition on massacre at Amritsar’s Partition Museum along with the Arts And Cultural Heritage Trust.

Exhibition will be held in Manchester, London, and Birmingham in April with Manchester Museum’s help.

Exhibition themed Punjab under Siege, the Jallianwala Bagh Centenary (1919-2019) will depict the impact of the massacre.

Prime Minister David Cameron who visited Amritsar’s Jallianwala Bagh memorial in 2013 and described it as a “deeply shameful event” but did not apologise for the same.

Source HT