Submitted on Saturday 13th April 2019
Rejected on Monday 13th May 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
The Govt of UK must formally apologise to India for Jallianwallah Bagh massacre.
Hundreds of Indian men, women and children, incl a 6m child, were massacred at the Jallianwallah Bagh in Amritsar, in 1919.
General Dyer’s orders to shoot protestors, assembled to protest about the colonial regime, as well as innocent bystanders is a bloody part of history of the British empire.
Under orders of General Dyer, British Indian army troops fired shots at a peaceful protest in a public park on Punjab’s most significant holy and social event, Baisakhi. The Hunter Commission estimated 379 fatalities and 1500 injured. The British Govt initially tried to suppress the news, but the story quickly spread. Dyer was forced to retire by the House of Commons in 1920 and he was criticised by Churchill for his actions. Partial apologies have followed incl by PM May. We want a full apology
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