Ludhiana - A proposed visit by Queen Elizabeth II to India has provoked demands from the nephew of an executed Indian revolutionary that she apologise for a British massacre of unarmed civilians in 1919.
"If Japan can apologise to Korea for excesses committed against Korean women who were used for the pleasure of Japanese soldiers, why should the British not for this massacre," said Mr Jagmohan Singh, a professor at Punjab Agricultural University in the northern city of Ludhiana.
On the harvest festival of Baisakhi in April 1919, British troops opened fire on thousands of Indians gathered peacefully within a walled ground after blocking the only exit.- (Reuter)