Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday paid heartfelt tribute to the martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, recalling their sacrifice as a symbol of courage, patriotism and unwavering commitment to the nation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to the lives lost in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre as India commemorates the 106th anniversary of the dark day on Sunday.
The play depicts the aftermath of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Congress said, "On 13th April 1919, hundreds of innocent people were attacked by an authoritarian mentality. In New India, hundreds of innocent people are attacked by an authoritarian mentality everyday."
Professor of Global and Imperial History Kim A. Wagner first posted a picture on Twitter, saying, "This is sadly just part of the general Disneyfication of the old city of Amritsar."
According to official figures, 379 people were killed and about 1,200 wounded, though other estimates suggested much higher casualties.
It marked a defining moment in the history of modern India and made the British presence morally untenable.
Lok Sabha on Friday passed ‘The Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (amendment) Bill’, which seeks to remove the Congress president as…
India will never run out of reasons to feel aggrieved ~ the drain of wealth during the Raj, the loot and plunder of Indian artefacts such as the Kohinoor diamond, our huge territorial loss due to the Radcliffe Line, the historical baggage of its shoddy demarcation and finally the horrors of the Bengal famine and the Partition besides the hideous Amritsar massacre.
As India commemorates the 100th anniversary of Jallianwala massacre members of the film industry paid tributes to the martyrs.
