Jallianwala Bagh centenary: Lack of formal apology from UK casts shadow over memorial event in London
5 years, 9 months ago

Jallianwala Bagh centenary: Lack of formal apology from UK casts shadow over memorial event in London

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London: The failure of the UK government to tender a formal apology on the centenary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre was the overwhelming focus of a commemorative event held at the House of Lords complex in London on Saturday. Indian-origin peers Lord Raj Loomba and Lord Meghnad Desai were joined by fellow members of the Jallianwala Bagh Centenary Commemoration Committee to wrap up a series of events and exhibitions held in the UK to mark the 100th anniversary of the British colonial era massacre. The events included an exhibition titled ‘Jallianwala Bagh 1919: Punjab under Siege’ at Manchester Museum in partnership with Amritsar’s Partition Museum, and a number of book launches on the subject – historian Kim Wagner’s ‘Jallianwala Bagh’, Saurav Dutt’s ‘Garden of Bullets’ and journalist Anita Anand’s ‘The Patient Assassin’ tracing the lead up to the massacre as well as its aftermath. British Indian journalist Sathnam Sanghera also added to the widespread calls for an apology as part of a critically-acclaimed documentary, ‘The Massacre that Shook the Empire’, aired in the UK on Saturday night.

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Spirit of patriotism of Jallianwala Bagh martyrs will always inspire coming generations: President Droupadi Murmu
9 months ago

Spirit of patriotism of Jallianwala Bagh martyrs will always inspire coming generations: President Droupadi Murmu

The Hindu  

President Droupadi Murmu expressed heartfelt tributes on April 13 to the people who sacrificed their lives for the country in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and said the spirit of patriotism of those martyrs will keep inspiring the coming generations. In a post on X, PM Narendra Modi said, “On behalf of my family members across the country, I pay my …

President Murmu, PM Modi, others pay tribute to Jallianwala Bagh massacre victims
9 months ago

President Murmu, PM Modi, others pay tribute to Jallianwala Bagh massacre victims

India TV News  

President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi among other leaders paid tribute to the people killed in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919 on Friday. President Droupadi Murmu also remembered the victims of massacre and said, "My heartfelt tribute to all the freedom fighters who sacrificed everything for the motherland in Jallianwala Bagh! In a post on X PM …

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Date: Some Lesser Known Facts That Everyone Must Know
1 year, 9 months ago

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Date: Some Lesser Known Facts That Everyone Must Know

The Quint  

After people came to know about the Rowlatt Act, they gathered together in Jallianwala Bagh, a public area in Amritsar for peaceful protests, The protesters included people of all age groups including men, women, and children. The protests were considered as a threat to the authority of the British colonial government, led by General Reginald Dyer, who made the decision …

Jallianwala Bagh massacre: Background, causes, aftermath and significance
2 years, 9 months ago

Jallianwala Bagh massacre: Background, causes, aftermath and significance

India Today  

Very few moments in the history of our sub-continent are as repulsive to remember and yet as significant to history as the infamous Jallianwala Bagh massacre. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on April 13, 1919, when a group of peaceful protestors was gunned down in an enclosed park with only one exit. BACKGROUND OF JALLIANWALA BAGH MASSACARE If we …

Remembering Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: 5 Bollywood movies that recount the horrors of brutal killings
2 years, 9 months ago

Remembering Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: 5 Bollywood movies that recount the horrors of brutal killings

India TV News  

Highlights Anushka Sharma’s film Phillauri's few scenes were shot at Jallianwala Bagh. Sardar Udham starred actor Vicky Kaushal in the lead role The Legend of Bhagat Singh is a close recreation of Freedom Fighter Bhagat Singh April 13 marks 103 years of the brutal Jallianwala Bagh Massacre where peaceful unarmed protesters were killed on the order of Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer. …

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: Remembering the dark day 103 years later
2 years, 9 months ago

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: Remembering the dark day 103 years later

India TV News  

Highlights Shots were fired on the orders of Colonel Reginald Dyer, who was the acting Brigadier He had asked his troops to shoot indiscriminately without asking the crowd to disperse The site was an enclosed garden known as Jallianwala Bagh in Punjab's Amritsar The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place exactly 103 years back on April 13, 1919. Let's look at …

Armed intruder arrested at Windsor Castle wanted to avenge the dead in Jallianwala Bagh massacre by assassinating Queen Elizabeth II, claims video
3 years ago

Armed intruder arrested at Windsor Castle wanted to avenge the dead in Jallianwala Bagh massacre by assassinating Queen Elizabeth II, claims video

Firstpost  

Officers from the Thames Valley and the Metropolitan Police say the suspect was carrying an offensive weapon and the royal family was informed A 19-year-old man with an offensive weapon was arrested on Sunday for breaching the security at Windsor Castle, where Queen Elizabeth II is spending her Christmas. Following the incident, a video has surfaced which alleges that the …

Watch | The newly renovated Jallianwala Bagh complex
3 years, 4 months ago

Watch | The newly renovated Jallianwala Bagh complex

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the renovated Jallianwala Bagh complex in Amritsar on August 28, 2021. Renovation work was carried out at the site of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the Archaeological Survey of India and NBCC India, under the supervision of the Culture Ministry. Before Independence, surrounded by the back walls of houses in the cramped Walled City, Jallianwala …

Jallianwala Bagh | Monument of a massacre
3 years, 4 months ago

Jallianwala Bagh | Monument of a massacre

The Hindu  

A debate over how the Jallianwala Bagh massacre should be remembered was sparked off last week after the government unveiled the renovated look of the site, leading some historians to say history was being distorted. While inaugurating the renovated memorial, Mr. Modi said the new look of Jallianwala Bagh would inspire Indians for years to come. Professor Amandeep Bal, head …

'Congress didn't even construct a washroom there': BJP after Rahul calls Jallianwala Bagh renovation 'insult'
3 years, 4 months ago

'Congress didn't even construct a washroom there': BJP after Rahul calls Jallianwala Bagh renovation 'insult'

India TV News  

The BJP on Tuesday lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his attack on the government over the renovation of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial, alleging that his party did not even construct a washroom at the site but is now doing politics over the exercise undertaken by the Modi dispensation. Hitting out at Gandhi, BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh …

Decoded | Why renovated Jallianwala Bagh Smarak has landed in controversy
3 years, 4 months ago

Decoded | Why renovated Jallianwala Bagh Smarak has landed in controversy

India Today  

Last week, on August 28, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited the general public to be witness to the inauguration of the renovated complex of the Jallianwala Bagh Smarak. PM Modi said the renovated Jallianwala Bagh Smarak “would display the horrific massacre of April 1919 and instil a spirit of gratitude and reverence towards the martyrs”. However, the renovation of the …

Jallianwala Bagh row: Historian slams revamp as Cong, BJP trade charges
3 years, 4 months ago

Jallianwala Bagh row: Historian slams revamp as Cong, BJP trade charges

India Today  

The reported changes in the old structures of the Jallianwala Bagh after the renovation have kicked off a controversy with the Congress terming it "indecent cruelty". "Devastated to hear that the Jallianwala Bagh site of Amritsar massacre 1919 has been revamped -which means that the last traces of the event have effectively been erased. CONGRESS OFFENSIVE Congress leader and Punjab …

Jallianwala Bagh has inspired countless revolutionaries: PM
3 years, 4 months ago

Jallianwala Bagh has inspired countless revolutionaries: PM

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dedicated the renovated Jallianwala Bagh memorial to the nation virtually. Jallianwala Bagh has inspired countless revolutionaries: PM During the event that showcased the multiple development initiatives taken by the government to upgrade the complex, the PM also inaugurated the museum galleries at the national memorial revamped in wake of 100th anniversary of the 1919 …

PM Modi inaugurates renovated Jallianwala Bagh memorial complex, says country's duty to protect its history
3 years, 4 months ago

PM Modi inaugurates renovated Jallianwala Bagh memorial complex, says country's duty to protect its history

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that it is every country's duty to protect its history as events of the past "teach us and give us direction to move forward". While virtually inaugurating the Jallianwala Bagh memorial complex and paying homage to the martyrs, PM Modi said, "The global developments remind us of the importance of self-reliance and self-confidence. …

Vidurashwatha Massacre, the Forgotten Jallianwala Bagh of South India
3 years, 8 months ago

Vidurashwatha Massacre, the Forgotten Jallianwala Bagh of South India

Hindustan Times  

The year was 1938 and India’s freedom struggle was at its peak. On the morning of April 25, a group of villages led by leaders of the Indian National Congress had gathered at an open ground in Vidurashwatha village, close to the now Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border, in Chikkballapur district, to hoist the national flag. Gangadhara Murthy, a retired professor and …

102 Years of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: Narendra Modi, Harsimrat Kaur Badal pay tribute to martyrs
3 years, 9 months ago

102 Years of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: Narendra Modi, Harsimrat Kaur Badal pay tribute to martyrs

Firstpost  

General Dyer entered the premises of Amritsar’s Jallianwala Bagh and ordered the British Army to open fire on innocent civilians British Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer ordered the shooting at Amritsar’s Jallianwala Bagh 102 years ago, in which 35 Indians had died, as per British figures. Praying tributes to the people who lost their lives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, “Their courage, …

102 years of Jallianwala Bagh massacre: When British General Dyer rained bullets on thousands of Indians
3 years, 9 months ago

102 years of Jallianwala Bagh massacre: When British General Dyer rained bullets on thousands of Indians

Firstpost  

The Jallianwala Bagh had witnessed a massacre at the hands of the British 102 years ago, when thousands of men, women and children were killed on the orders of British general Reginald Dyer. The official number of deaths, released by the British, stood at 350, but the Congress party said as many as 1,000 people lost their lives in the …

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: Narendra Modi, Amarinder Singh, Kejriwal pay tribute to martyrs on tragedy's 101st anniversary
4 years, 9 months ago

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre: Narendra Modi, Amarinder Singh, Kejriwal pay tribute to martyrs on tragedy's 101st anniversary

Firstpost  

On 13 April, 1919, British soldiers, under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer, opened fire at a crowd of unarmed protesters and pilgrims who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on Baisakhi On 13 April, 1919, British soldiers, under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer, opened fire at a crowd of unarmed protesters and pilgrims who had gathered in …

Archbishop of Canterbury apologizes for massacre at Jallianwala Bagh memorial
5 years, 4 months ago

Archbishop of Canterbury apologizes for massacre at Jallianwala Bagh memorial

Live Mint  

Amritsar: Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby on Tuesday visited Jallianwala Bagh memorial and said that he was both 'ashamed and sorry' for the crime which was committed at that site in 1919. While paying homage at the Jallianwala Bagh memorial, Welby said, "I cannot speak for the British Government. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place on 13 April, 1919, when …

Shaheed Udham Singh Jayanti 2019: All you need to know about the man who avenged Jallianwala Bagh massacre
5 years, 5 months ago

Shaheed Udham Singh Jayanti 2019: All you need to know about the man who avenged Jallianwala Bagh massacre

Firstpost  

Following the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919, a little known Indian Udham Singh waited for 21 years to avenge the death of the innocents by assassinating British administrator Michael O’Dwyer in 1940. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre On 13 April, 1919, the day of the Baisakhi festival, about 20,000 unarmed men, women and children gathered at Amritsar’s Jallianwala Bagh. How his fight …

Forgetting history and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919
5 years, 7 months ago

Forgetting history and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919

Hindustan Times  

It is still April when I visit Jallianwala Bagh, a full 100 years after the 1919 massacre. Free from any discipline of the memorial to observe decorum, visitors picnic merrily in the shaded colonnades But at the Bagh it is just another day in the park. Instead, the visitors are all set to follow the advice of a popular tourism …

Pakistan puts on display documents of Jallianwala Bagh massacre
5 years, 8 months ago

Pakistan puts on display documents of Jallianwala Bagh massacre

India TV News  

For the first time in its history, Pakistan has put on display rare documents of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre to mark its 100th anniversary. The six-day exhibition showcasing about 70 historical documents related to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and Martial Law in Punjab in April 1919 opened at the Lahore Heritage Museum here on Saturday. The documents include different number …

Amritsar centenary: Should Britain apologise for its colonial atrocities?
5 years, 8 months ago

Amritsar centenary: Should Britain apologise for its colonial atrocities?

The Independent  

The walled garden at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar is unrecognisable today from the spring of 1919, when it became the scene of the single bloodiest act of violent oppression in Britain’s colonial occupation. open image in gallery Sunil Kapoor holds a portrait of his great-grandfather Lala Wasoo Mal, who was killed at Jallianwala Bagh in 1919 Nonetheless, at 4pm on …

Jallianwala Bagh: The massacre that shook the empire
5 years, 9 months ago

Jallianwala Bagh: The massacre that shook the empire

Live Mint  

The actual shooting is supposed to have lasted only about 10 minutes. As the famous sequence in Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi suggests, when the British officer Gen. Reginald Dyer saw some men trying to flee the park by trying to scale a wall, he ordered his men to aim in that direction, killing more. Gandhi launched the non-cooperation movement with …

Jallianwala Bagh: Massacre of innocents that shaped history
5 years, 9 months ago

Jallianwala Bagh: Massacre of innocents that shaped history

Hindustan Times  

Amritsar’s Jallianwala Bagh was a desolate piece of land partly used for dumping garbage until British General Reginald Dyer oversaw the massacre of several hundred unarmed people gathered there on April 13, 1919, to protest against a draconian law that allowed internments without trial. Davinder Pal Singh, a Sikh scholar whose family has been running a shop for decades near …

An ode to martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh
5 years, 9 months ago

An ode to martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh

The Hindu  

One of the first poems written in protest after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919 is being republished to mark the centenary of the tragedy that galvanised the movement for Indian independence. Khooni Vaisakhi, a classic work of protest poetry by the late Nanak Singh, was translated by his grandson Navdeep Suri, who is India’s Ambassador to the UAE. The …

Jallianwala Bagh centenary: Centre, state plan separate events
5 years, 9 months ago

Jallianwala Bagh centenary: Centre, state plan separate events

Hindustan Times  

Even as the centenary of Jallianwala Bagh massacre is being observed as the day of national integration and unity on Saturday, the Centre and the state government are organising separate events to pay tribute to those fell to the bullet of General Dyer on April 13, 1919. On the other hand, the state government has planned its own programme, which …

Reflections on a massacre: 100 years since Jallianwala Bagh
5 years, 9 months ago

Reflections on a massacre: 100 years since Jallianwala Bagh

The Hindu  

For Indians, the massacre that evokes strong emotions is not Nader Shah’s slaughter of 30,000 people in Delhi in 1739 but Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, where, a century ago, on April 13, troops commanded by General Dyer fired into an unarmed crowd, killing hundreds. The massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, like later ones in Lidice and My Lai, was relatively small. …

Jallianwala Bagh: Kerala MPs had sought Britain’s apology
5 years, 9 months ago

Jallianwala Bagh: Kerala MPs had sought Britain’s apology

The Hindu  

It took two Parliamentarians from Kerala, Congress’s Shashi Tharoor and CPI’s M.B. Rajesh, to demand in the Lok Sabha in February this year that Parliament must pass a resolution demanding unequivocal apology from the British for Jallianwala Bagh. British Prime Minister Teresa May on Wednesday described the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar in 1919 as a “shameful scar” on British …

British PM Theresa May expresses deep regrets for Jallianwala Bagh massacre, says it is a despicable scar on the British Indian history
5 years, 9 months ago

British PM Theresa May expresses deep regrets for Jallianwala Bagh massacre, says it is a despicable scar on the British Indian history

Op India  

Days before the centenary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, the UK Prime Minister Theresa May has expressed regret over the carnage meted out by the British troops to an innocuous crowd of people gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh in 1919. AFP: British Prime Minister Theresa May in British Parliament today expressed regret for #JallianwalaBaghMassacre; said, “We deeply regret what happened …

UK flags financial implications of Jallianwala Bagh apology
5 years, 9 months ago

UK flags financial implications of Jallianwala Bagh apology

India Today  

The UK government on Tuesday flagged "financial implications" as one of the factors it had to consider while reflecting upon demands for a formal apology for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre to mark its centenary this week. UK Foreign Office minister Mark Field told a debate on "Jallianwala Bagh massacre" at Westminster Hall in the House of Commons complex that while …

Deeply regret suffering caused due to Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British PM Theresa May
5 years, 9 months ago

Deeply regret suffering caused due to Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British PM Theresa May

India Today  

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday expressed "deep regret" for the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, carried out by British colonial troops in India. Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has also called the Jallianwala Bagh massacre a "deeply shameful" incident during his visit to India in 2013. This is the cross party letter signed by over 80 MPs calling …

Fresh pressure on UK to apologise for Jallianwala Bagh massacre
5 years, 9 months ago

Fresh pressure on UK to apologise for Jallianwala Bagh massacre

Hindustan Times  

The Theresa May government is expected to reiterate on Tuesday Britain’s position since the mid-1990s of expressing ‘deep regret’ for the April 13, 1919, massacre in Jallianwala Bagh that may set the stage for a full apology later, amid growing demand for the gesture. As Channel 4 and other media organisations in the UK gear up for documentaries and special …

Jallianwala Bagh massacre: The unending wait for an apology from Britain
5 years, 9 months ago

Jallianwala Bagh massacre: The unending wait for an apology from Britain

The Hindu  

During a visit to Amritsar in February 2013, the then British Prime Minister David Cameron described the Jallianwala Bagh massacre as a “deeply shameful event in British history,” insisting that “we must never forget what happened there”. In June 2013, the government said it would pay £19.9 million in compensation to more than 5,000 Kenyan claimants, while the then Foreign …

100 years later: The many meanings of Jallianwala Bagh
5 years, 9 months ago

100 years later: The many meanings of Jallianwala Bagh

The Hindu  

It has often been said that Britain lost its empire the day when, a hundred years ago, Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer, 55, commanding a regiment of 50 Gurkha and Baluchi riflemen, ordered firing without warning upon an unarmed crowd of over 15,000 Indians gathered at an enclosure called the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, a stone’s throw from the Golden Temple. It …

Revenge of the Raj: UK disarray as Jallianwala anniversary looms!
5 years, 9 months ago

Revenge of the Raj: UK disarray as Jallianwala anniversary looms!

Deccan Chronicle  

Has this strange coincidence struck you as well? The closer we get to the anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre — the greater the political disarray in the UK? So if I believed in the afterlife, I would imagine that these coming weeks could see the revenge of those thousands who were killed at Jallianwala Bagh 100 years ago… Could …

In Jallianwala Bagh, 1919, Kishwar Desai documents little-known stories of events before and after the massacre
6 years, 2 months ago

In Jallianwala Bagh, 1919, Kishwar Desai documents little-known stories of events before and after the massacre

Firstpost  

In her book, Kishwar Desai focuses on those accounts of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre which did not find a place in the mainstream narrative “The atrocities perpetuated at Amritsar have proved that Imperialism run mad is more dangerous, more vindictive, more inhuman, than a frenzied uncontrollable mob.” Kishwar Desai begins her book with words by Lala Lajpat Rai, which were …

Partition Museum's Punjab Under Siege exhibit recounts Jallianwala Bagh massacre through personal testimonies
6 years, 4 months ago

Partition Museum's Punjab Under Siege exhibit recounts Jallianwala Bagh massacre through personal testimonies

Firstpost  

Most of us think of Jallianwala Bagh as an isolated incident, but it was part of a much larger violent repression, says Mallika Ahluwalia, curator of Partition Museum in Amritsar It was nearly a 100 years ago, at the tipping point of India’s history, when thousands gathered on a fateful Baisakhi day, the harvest festival of Punjab, at the Jallianwala …

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