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On the 13th April 1919, British troops opened fire on civilians in the walled gardens of Jallian Bagh in Amritsar, India. Subscribe to our channel here: goo.gl/31Q53F
Estimates vary, but hundreds were killed and many more injured in the massacre. Indian society was shaken - and so was the British Empire. The following year, Winston Churchill expressed his outrage at the mass killing. But the British Government still hasn't made a formal apology - should it?
Joining Kirsty in the studio are two leading authorities on the atrocity - journalist Sathnam Sanghera and historian Kim Wagner.
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