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David Cameron has been criticised for failing to meet the families of Indians killed by British troops as he tried to make amends for a “deeply shameful” Imperial massacre.
The Prime Minister invoked Sir Winston Churchill as he lamented the “monstrous” killings in Amritsar in 1919.
Mr Cameron flew to Amritsar at the end of a trade visit to Delhi and made a public show of British contrition over the massacre, which left at least 379 Sikh civilians dead.
The Prime Minister visited a memorial in the Jallianwala Bagh gardens, laying a wreath and writing in a book of remembrance….
Source:
Telegraph (UK)
Source URL:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9882090/David-Cameron-makes-historic-visit-to-Amritsar-but-stops-short-of-making-apology.html
Date:
2-20-13
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