President Droupadi Murmu pays homage to the martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, a tragic event in India's history where hundreds of peaceful protestors were gunned down by British forces in 1919. The President expressed gratitude to the freedom fighters who sacrificed everything for India's independence.
President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday paid tributes to the martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Hundreds of people protesting peacefully against the Rowlatt Act, which granted the colonial administration repressive powers, were gunned down by British forces without any provocation on this day in 1919 at Jallianwala Bagh in Punjab's Amritsar.
“My humble tribute on behalf of the countrymen to the martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh! Recently I had the opportunity to visit the holy place and pay homage to those braves.
The people of India will always be grateful to those freedom fighters who sacrificed their everything,” the president tweeted in Hindi.