This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition British Govt to apologise for the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of 1919 100 years on
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On 13th April 1919, a crowd of 10,000 unarmed men, women & children were gathered peacefully in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar. British troops, led by General Dyer, opened fire without warning, killing hundreds of people & children as young as six months old. The British Govt has never apologised.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/246108
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