Amritsar (Punjab) : On a visit to Amritsar, British Prime Minister David Cameron described the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919 as "a deeply shameful event in British history." "We must never forget what happened here," he said of the shooting of nearly 1000 peaceful Indian protestors by British troops on the orders of General Reginald Dyer. "This was a deeply shameful act in British history, one that Winston Churchill rightly described at that time as 'monstrous.' We must never forget what happened here and we must ensure that the UK stands up for the right of peaceful protests," Mr Cameron wrote in the visitors' book at the memorial site. Before that, he paid his respects at the at the holiest shrine for the Sikh religion, the Golden Temple. Mr Cameron's three-day visit to India has focused heavily on the potential of Indo-British ties, particularly business collaborations. Yesterday, he m...
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