David Cameron on Wednesday became the first serving British Prime Minister to visit the Jallianwala Bagh – the site of one of the British Empire’s bloodiest episodes in India – and described the 1919 massacre as a deeply shameful act in the British history.
Cameron laid wreath at the Jallianwala Bagh and wrote in the visitors’ book that the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh was a deeply shameful act in the British history.
Jallianwala Bagh massacre was described by Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the Indian independence movement, as having shaken the foundations of the British Empire.
Cameron also stood in silence for a minute before leaving.
Cameron had also paid obeisance at the Golden Temple after arriving here.