Jallianwala bagh

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... read more

The Opposition Congress has led the charge in criticising the police action. read more

To honour the sacrifice of our martyrs, and remedy the errors of the past, the government has made changes read more

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. read more

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 read more

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 read more

However, official figures released by the British in 1919 had estimated the number at 488. read more

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. read more

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. read more

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. read more

Maybe new generations must grow up free of the memory and pain of the massacre which took place 100 years ago read more

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. read more

The six-day exhibition showcasing about 70 historical documents related to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and Martial Law in Punjab in April 1919 opened at the Lahore Heritage Museum on Saturday. read more

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.” read more

The Punjab chief minister, Modi said, insulted the Jallianwala Bagh memorial by not attending the government’s memorial on the day of the centenary. read more