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Amritsar Massacre
Watching the C4 documentary on the 1919 massacre at Amritsar . Shocking, appalling - and the typical reactions from the descendants of the British officer who ordered his men to open fire on the unarmed crowd, and those of his defenders, was “It wasn’t a massacre, it was riot-containment.”
You can imagine similar comments from descendants of the Nazis - it wasn’t genocide, just over-zealous prison guards - sickening.
How little we British know of our own bloody history.
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You can imagine similar comments from descendants of the Nazis - it wasn’t genocide, just over-zealous prison guards - sickening.
How little we British know of our own bloody history.
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Who hasn't made a decision that was clearly wrong in retrospect and had paid a heavy price.? I certainly have made decisions that I have regretted and the higher you are in society the more tragic are your mistakes and Acting Major -General Reginald Dwyer certainly mad a wrong decision when he ordered his men to open fire.
it was wrong then and it is wrong now, but a decision was made and we all have to live with this and similar decisions will be made in the future with the same drastic results.
It serves no function in dwelling on the past and one can only hope that a similar mistake isn't made in the immediate future.
One cannot imagine what was in the mind of that Brig General but he has certainly paid the price as has the victims.
it was wrong then and it is wrong now, but a decision was made and we all have to live with this and similar decisions will be made in the future with the same drastic results.
It serves no function in dwelling on the past and one can only hope that a similar mistake isn't made in the immediate future.
One cannot imagine what was in the mind of that Brig General but he has certainly paid the price as has the victims.
it was dreadful. Possibly the worst atrocity of the British empire - and of course one that led to its downfall. (Though the climax to the Indian mutiny was pretty shocking too.) And yet not necessarily characteristic of the entire empire but rather an example of what happens when you put brutes in charge.
The result of 1857 rebellion.
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Strangely the Indian government did not want HMQ to visit the Temple and the memorial Well but she insisted on going and made a significant gesture by laying a wreath.
This went down extremely favourably with the Sikhs and was the highlight of the visit which,otherwise,was a bit of a damp squib.
They can forgive and forget. So should we move on.
After all we did the same at Croke Park, Dublin in more recent times.
I have always felt very welcome when I visit Dublin.
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This went down extremely favourably with the Sikhs and was the highlight of the visit which,otherwise,was a bit of a damp squib.
They can forgive and forget. So should we move on.
After all we did the same at Croke Park, Dublin in more recent times.
I have always felt very welcome when I visit Dublin.
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Sqad a slip but an historical one
O'Dwyer was the govr of Punjab and retired to a great big pension and had an Indian secretary - - - who butchered him
O'Dwyer endorsed Colonel Reginald Dyer's action regarding the Amritsar massacre and termed it a "correct action".[1][2] In 1940, aged 75, he was assassinated by Udham Singh.
Like Indira Gandhis sikh body guard, they swore to kill the killer and this involved along the way, swearing fealty and loyalty to their target ( but not really - see ) and to lay down their lives in (the later victims) defence
Christians really NOT keen on this sort of thing ....
Very short trial - Udam S pleaded guilty during wartime and the judge wasted no time in having him hanged
O'Dwyer was the govr of Punjab and retired to a great big pension and had an Indian secretary - - - who butchered him
O'Dwyer endorsed Colonel Reginald Dyer's action regarding the Amritsar massacre and termed it a "correct action".[1][2] In 1940, aged 75, he was assassinated by Udham Singh.
Like Indira Gandhis sikh body guard, they swore to kill the killer and this involved along the way, swearing fealty and loyalty to their target ( but not really - see ) and to lay down their lives in (the later victims) defence
Christians really NOT keen on this sort of thing ....
Very short trial - Udam S pleaded guilty during wartime and the judge wasted no time in having him hanged
// I reckon Jenner put e'm up to it.//
I thought this was a crazy anti- vaxxer comment nestling quite happily in an AB thread on Amritsar
not so - - - Jinnah
erm no this is a crazy comment by somewone who doesnt realise that Jinnah was Muslim and Amritsar is the holy place of the Sikhs ( Guru Nanak and all that )
but hey it was all so long ago
[Sikhs are particularly charged with protesting women and children - completely different to Muslims]
I thought this was a crazy anti- vaxxer comment nestling quite happily in an AB thread on Amritsar
not so - - - Jinnah
erm no this is a crazy comment by somewone who doesnt realise that Jinnah was Muslim and Amritsar is the holy place of the Sikhs ( Guru Nanak and all that )
but hey it was all so long ago
[Sikhs are particularly charged with protesting women and children - completely different to Muslims]
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