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‘Will never forget their sacrifice’: PM Modi remembers Jallianwala Bagh massacre martyrs
New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 13, 2020 10:40 AM IST
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre refers to the incident at the public garden in Amritsar on April 13, 1919, when General Dyer ordered British soldiers to fire at unarmed civilians, leading to the death of more than 400 people.
Jallianwala Bagh exhibit at National Archives of India till April 13
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Adrija Roychowdhury
PUBLISHED ON MAR 15, 2020 06:25 AM IST
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre refers to the incident at a public garden in Amritsar when acting-Brigadier General Dyer ordered British soldiers to fire at civilians, leading to the death of more than 400 people.
Jallianwala Bagh to remain closed till April 12
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON FEB 15, 2020 10:27 PM IST
Delhi assembly election 2020- They might turn Shaheen Bagh into Jallianwala Bagh after Feb 8: Owaisi
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON SEP 09, 2020 06:53 PM IST
The protest in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh has also become the main poll issue with several leaders of the BJP, led by Union home minister Amit Shah, describing the protests at Shaheen Bagh as being against the national interests and attacking Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal over it.
Jallianwala Bagh acquiring new look amid row of tampering with its historical character
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Surjit Singh
PUBLISHED ON JAN 20, 2020 11:39 PM IST
When the visitors enter the premises of the garden, they find historic narrow street plastered with modern cement. The British army troops entered the garden through this street to shoot the peaceful unarmed protesters on Vaisakhi in 1919. Centenary of the massacre was observed last year
‘Like Jallianwala Bagh’: Uddhav Thackeray on police crackdown on Jamia students
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON AUG 08, 2020 01:16 AM IST
The Opposition Congress has led the charge in criticising the police action.
Restructuring the Jallianwala Bagh Trust
By Prahlad Singh Patel
UPDATED ON NOV 26, 2019 08:45 PM IST
To honour the sacrifice of our martyrs, and remedy the errors of the past, the government has made changes
Bill to remove Congress chief as Jallianwala trustee passed
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON NOV 20, 2019 01:44 AM IST
The Rajya Sabha cleared the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial (Amendment) Bill 2019 by a voice vote, making it the first bill passed in the ongoing winter session.
Amritsar-based Partition Museum to ink pact with Manchester Museum
Hindustan Times, London | By Prasun Sonwalkar
UPDATED ON OCT 06, 2019 06:18 AM IST
Partnership between Amritsar’s Partion Museum and Manchester Museum will be announced during the forthcoming visit of the mayor of Greater Manchester as part of the Manchester-India partnership
Partition Museum to ink pact with Manchester Museum
Hindustan Times, London | By Prasun Sonwalkar
UPDATED ON OCT 05, 2019 03:26 PM IST
The partnership is due to be announced in New Delhi during the forthcoming visit of Andy Burnham (Labour), mayor of Greater Manchester, as part of the Manchester India Partnership that seeks to further links between the city and India.
Book Review: The Patient Assassin by Anita Anand
Hindustan Times | By Saudamini Jain
UPDATED ON SEP 14, 2019 01:05 PM IST
Anita Anand’s biography of the man who assassinated General Michael O’Dwyer, the former lieutenant governor of Punjab to avenge the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, vividly describes imperialist impulses and the nationalist movement in Punjab
Jallianwala Bagh massacre: Researchers list 547 deaths, 159 more than official count
Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | By Atish Sharma
UPDATED ON AUG 27, 2019 08:24 AM IST
However, official figures released by the British in 1919 had estimated the number at 488.
Exhibit brings to fore lesser-known tales of Jallianwala massacre
Hindustan Times, Ludhiana | By Atish Sharma
UPDATED ON AUG 24, 2019 10:45 PM IST
A short film and poetry written during the period, besides first-hand testimonies of people in the Bagh that day, give voice to the victims lost in the pages of history books.
Bill to remove Congress chief as Jallianwala Bagh trustee deferred in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON AUG 07, 2019 11:29 PM IST
The government in the upper House urged members to pass the bill without discussion as this year marked the centenary of the Jallianwala massacre and also in view of the death of former external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj.
Top UK church leader to visit Amritsar, may tender apology for Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Hindustan Times, London | By Prasun Sonwalkar
UPDATED ON AUG 01, 2019 01:57 PM IST
Welby, 63, who will be accompanied by his wife Caroline, will the first head of the Church of England to visit the memorial to one of the defining episodes of India’s freedom struggle. He will also meet Sikh religious leaders at the Golden Temple.
Forgetting history and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919
By Navtej Sarna
UPDATED ON JUN 07, 2019 10:01 PM IST
Maybe new generations must grow up free of the memory and pain of the massacre which took place 100 years ago
UK PM May repeats ‘deep regret’ for Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Hindustan Times, London | By Prasun Sonwalkar
UPDATED ON MAY 09, 2019 02:33 PM IST
UK PM Theresa May repeated her ‘deep regret’ towards the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. She observed that it was unimaginable what those visitors went through on the day of the killings.
Pakistan puts on display rare Jallianwala Bagh massacre documents
Lahore | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON APR 22, 2019 11:58 AM IST
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 on Saturday.
Jallianwala Bagh centenary: Sukhbir Badal slams CM for skipping Centre’s function
Hindustan Times, Bathinda/Amritsar | By HT Correspondents
UPDATED ON APR 14, 2019 10:30 PM IST
Sukhbir said, “It was shocking that Amarinder Singh had the audacity to refuse to join the rest of the nation in paying homage to the great martyrs who gave a decisive turn to the freedom movement by laying down their lives.”
‘Busy with naamdaar’: PM Modi jabs Amarinder Singh for skipping Jallianwala Bagh event
Hindustan Times, Jammu | By Ravi Khajuria
UPDATED ON APR 30, 2020 08:45 PM IST
The Punjab chief minister, Modi said, insulted the Jallianwala Bagh memorial by not attending the government’s memorial on the day of the centenary.
If Canada can apologise for 1914, why not UK for Jallianwala Bagh, ask Indian delegates
Hindustan Times, London | By Prasun Sonwalkar
UPDATED ON APR 14, 2019 12:52 PM IST
The event, organised by Indian-origin members of the House of Lords, Raj Loomba and Meghnad Desai and the Jallianwala Bagh Centenary Committee, rounded off a series of events in the UK to mark the centenary of the massacre.
UK envoy skirts apology question conventions, marches to pay tribute to martyrs
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By HT Corresopondent
PUBLISHED ON APR 14, 2019 11:03 AM IST
Earlier this week, British Prime Minister Theresa May had expressed “regret” over the Jallianwala Bagh massacre but stopped short of tendering a formal apology, a long-pending demand from the civil rights activists.
Jallianwala Bagh: UK Sikhs want apology, include in British’s school curriculum
Hindustan Times, London | By Prasun Sonwalkar
UPDATED ON APR 13, 2019 10:07 PM IST
The 2019 edition of the British Sikh Report (BSR) reveals that 78 per cent of the community surveyed want a formal apology from the British state for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and 85 per cent seek its inclusion in Britain’s school curriculum.
Jallianwala Bagh massacre ‘a shameful act’, says UK envoy in Amritsar
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 03, 2020 04:21 PM IST
UK envoy to India Dominic Asquith expressed regret over Jallianwala Bagh and called it a shameful act of British Indian history.
A searing memory of horror lingers for Jallianwalla Bagh massacre victims’ families
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By Anil Sharma
UPDATED ON APR 13, 2019 09:45 AM IST
A hundred years later, the massacre still remains a searing memory for families of the victims who heard about it from survivors and relayed the narrative to subsequent generations.
Britain’s shame, and still not sorry : The 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Amritsar | By Agence France-Presse
UPDATED ON APR 13, 2019 12:55 PM IST
Known in India as the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, it is still an emotive subject with many demanding a British apology -- which so far has been unforthcoming.
Centenary of Jallianwala Bagh massacre Live updates- PM Modi says ‘memory inspires us’
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 13, 2019 05:27 PM IST
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. The massacre etched Jallianwala Bagh in India’s collective memory and fuelled India’s struggle for complete independence from Britain. Hundreds of people were massacred by British forces on April 13, 1919. Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday reached Jallianwala Bagh to pay floral tribute to martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919. Gandhi was accompanied by Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh.:
‘Cost of freedom must not be forgotten’: Rahul Gandhi pays homage to martyrs at Jallianwala Bagh
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 13, 2019 03:27 PM IST
Hundreds of people were massacred by British forces on April 13, 1919. Gandhi visited the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial in Amritsar to pay homage to the martyrs.
Jallianwala Bagh: Massacre of innocents that shaped history
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By Surjit Singh
PUBLISHED ON APR 13, 2019 07:53 AM IST
A narrow passage, which General Dyer used to make his way to the ground along with his soldiers, has been left intact with bullet marks on the walls of few structures and a well in the Jallianwala Bagh. Many had jumped into the well in a desperate attempt to save themselves as the soldiers showered bullets at them.
Dyer or Dwyer: Who is to be held responsible for the 1919 shooting?
Hindustan Times, Amritsar | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 13, 2019 11:39 AM IST
It’s widely believed that there would have been no Jallianwala Bagh massacre had it not been for one man who decided to teach Indians a lesson for being “wicked”.