Summary The park was the site of an attack where British colonial troops killed hundreds of unarmed Indians.
NEW DELHI (AP) - Britain s prime minister has laid a mourning wreath at the site of a notorious 1919 massacre of hundreds of Indians by British colonial forces.
David Cameron s action Wednesday marked the first time a British premier made such a gesture of condolence at Jallianwala Bagh in the northwest city of Amritsar.
The park was the site of an attack by British colonial troops on unarmed Indians attending a rally. More than 300 Indians were killed during the massacre, which galvanized the national independence movement. Many see the killings as the beginning of the end of Britain s rule over the Indian subcontinent.
Queen Elizabeth II visited the same site in 1997 and laid a wreath there. She called the killings "distressing."
