Government urged to formally apologise over 1919 massacre in India

Tory MP Bob Blackman has called for the Government to make a formal apology over the killings (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Government should formally apologise for the massacre of hundreds of Indians by British colonial forces in the north-west city of Amritsar 100 years ago, MPs have heard.

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, occurred when the British Indian army fired on civilians in the Punjabi city in 1919.