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CAMERON: AMRITSAR MASSACRE "SHAMEFUL EVENT IN BRITISH HISTORY"
February 20, 2013 - 12:58 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - David Cameron has become the first serving UK prime
minister to pay his respects at the scene of one of the bloodiest
massacres in British history, BBC News said.
Cameron is visiting Amritsar in the state of Punjab on Wednesday
February 20, at the end of a three-day trade trip to India.
This was where hundreds of people at a public meeting were shot dead
by British troops in 1919.
The prime minister described the massacre as "a deeply shameful event
in British history". Writing in the memorial book of condolence,
he added: "We must never forget what happened here."
But he is not expected to offer a formal apology despite some calls
for him to do so.
The killings were condemned by the British at the time - War Secretary
Winston Churchill described them as "monstrous" in 1920.
During her visit in 1997, the Queen said it was a "distressing" example
of the "moments of sadness" in the history between Britain and India.
February 20, 2013 - 12:58 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - David Cameron has become the first serving UK prime
minister to pay his respects at the scene of one of the bloodiest
massacres in British history, BBC News said.
Cameron is visiting Amritsar in the state of Punjab on Wednesday
February 20, at the end of a three-day trade trip to India.
This was where hundreds of people at a public meeting were shot dead
by British troops in 1919.
The prime minister described the massacre as "a deeply shameful event
in British history". Writing in the memorial book of condolence,
he added: "We must never forget what happened here."
But he is not expected to offer a formal apology despite some calls
for him to do so.
The killings were condemned by the British at the time - War Secretary
Winston Churchill described them as "monstrous" in 1920.
During her visit in 1997, the Queen said it was a "distressing" example
of the "moments of sadness" in the history between Britain and India.