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UK to reflect on apology for Jallianwala Bagh massacre

Then British prime minister David Cameron lays a wreath in tribute to the Jallianwala Bagh martyrs at the Jallian wala Bagh memorial in Amritsar on February 20, 2013. Cameron visited the site of a colonial-era massacre, describing the episode as ‘deeply shameful’ while stopping short of a public apology (Photo: STRDEL/AFP/Getty Images).

By: Radhakrishna N S

BRITAIN is “reflecting” on demands for a formal apology for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in April 1919, a minister told the House of Lords during a debate to mark the centenary of the incident. Baroness Annabel Goldie also confirmed plans to mark 100 years since the tragedy “in the most appropriate and respectful way”. At a debate titled ‘Amritsar Massacre: Centenary’ in the Lords last (19) evening, the peer said: “The government at the time, as we know, roundly condemned the atrocity, but it is the case that no subsequent government have apologised. “I understand that the reason is that…

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