David Cameron became the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, who showed respect to the victims of one of the bloodiest massacres in the history of India. According to the BBC News, during a three-day visit to India, which began on February 20, he first went to the city of Amritsar in state of Pujab, where, according to Cameron, “a deeply shameful event in the history of Britain” happened in 1919.
There, the British Prime Minister laid a wreath at the monument to Indians who died in the Amristar massacre.
According to studies, English colonists killed 379 civilians and wounded nearly a thousand Indians. Instead, Indian researchers reported that the number of victims is three times higher. Writing in the memorial book of condolence, he added: “We must never forget what happened here.” Cameron has already visited the “Golden Temple” – the holy place of Sikhs religion and held talks with the Indian Prime Minister. During the meeting they agreed on closer cooperation and announced that both countries are on the way to double their trade volume to 23 billion pounds by 2015.
