Remembering the martyrs

A candlelight vigil was held in Surrey in the memory of Jallianwala Bagh massacre

Gurpreet Singh writes from Vancouver

Despite showers, members of the Indo-Canadian community gathered at Surrey’s Holland Park to remember the victims of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre that changed the course of Indian history. A candlelight vigil was organised by the Indo-Canadian Workers’ Association (ICWA) and Fraser Valley Peace Council (FVPC) in the memory of close to 400 supporters of the passive resistance movement, who were killed as a result of the indiscriminate firing by the British troops at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar .... Read More

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The Queen in Amritsar

New Labour, the royal couple and the Sikh Right variously saw India as a theatrical set on which a Raj drama could be played for the benefit of an English audience.

PRAVEEN SWAMI in Amritsar

The Hon. Col. Josiah Wedgwood: Centuries hence you will have Indian children brought to this spot, just as they now visit the Cawnpore well, and you can imagine the feelings of these Indians for generations to come over this terrible business. An Hon. Member: What would you have done? The Hon. Col. Josiah Wedgwood: I would not have committed murder. Think what this means! You will have a shrine erected there and every year there will be processions of Indians visiting the tombs of the martyrs, and Englishmen will go there and stand bareheaded before it. - Debates, House of Commons, 1920, Vol. XXXI, p. 1720 ff. (Punjab Governor Michael O'Dwyer and Brigadier General R.E.H. Dyer were present for this historic debate on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.) ... Read More

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Ghost of Raj massacre haunts the Queen's visit to Amritsar

Peter Popham - New Delhi  

18 August 1997

Despite a demand for apologies, a controversy over socks and a frank attempt at dissuasion by the Indian Prime Minister, the Queen may still visit the Sikh religion's holy of holies during the royal tour of India in October.

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