Bharpur Singh, a 98-year-old survivor of the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, on Friday praised UK Prime Minister David Cameron for describing the incident as "deeply shameful" in British history. "When I heard Cameron's statement I felt good and felt it as a good gesture. It shows the statesmanship of Britons,"said Singh, now a Melbourne resident.
David Cameron this week described as "deeply shameful" the killing of peaceful protesters in Jallianwala Bagh in 1919 during British rule but stopped short of a public apology. Writing in the visitor's book, Cameron said, "This was a deeply shameful act in British history. One that Winston Churchill rightly described at that time as monstrous..." when he visited India.
"I was four year old and had gone with my Grandfather and an Uncle to attend this peaceful rally," he recalled,'' When we heard gunshots, we ran to save our lives and jumped over mud huts that were on the southern side of the Bagh. In the incident my uncle broke his arm and we could not take him to hospital for fear of being arrested," he said.
The Jallianwala Bagh massacrin Amritsar on April 13, 1919. About 20,000 people was takiat Jallianwala Bagh, Brigadier General
R E H Dyer had ordered 50 riflemen to shoot at the crowd. About 1000 innocent Indians were killed in the massacre.