<p>The archbishop of Britain’s Canterbury on Tuesday sought forgiveness for the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar, saying he was “ashamed of the crime committed”.</p>.<p>Justin Welby, who serves as the head of the Church of England, a position that dates back almost 1,400 years, visited the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial in Amritsar on Tuesday. </p>.<p>“I feel a deep sense of grief, humility and profound shame having visited the site of the horrific Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar today. Here, a great number of Sikhs — as well as Hindus, Muslims and Christians — were shot dead by British troops in 1919,” the archbishop tweeted on Tuesday. </p>.<p>British records suggest some 379 people were killed in the massacre. However, Indian figures put the figure at nearly 1,000 persons, including men, women and children.</p>.<p>The archbishop said he was not the official of the government but could speak in the name of Christ. It is a place for sin and redemption, he said.</p>.<p>“Britain has never formally apologized for the tragedy,” he said.</p>.<p>“You have remembered what they have done, and their memory will live. I’m ashamed and sorry for the crime committed here. As a religious leader I mourn the tragedy,” he said. </p>
<p>The archbishop of Britain’s Canterbury on Tuesday sought forgiveness for the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar, saying he was “ashamed of the crime committed”.</p>.<p>Justin Welby, who serves as the head of the Church of England, a position that dates back almost 1,400 years, visited the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial in Amritsar on Tuesday. </p>.<p>“I feel a deep sense of grief, humility and profound shame having visited the site of the horrific Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar today. Here, a great number of Sikhs — as well as Hindus, Muslims and Christians — were shot dead by British troops in 1919,” the archbishop tweeted on Tuesday. </p>.<p>British records suggest some 379 people were killed in the massacre. However, Indian figures put the figure at nearly 1,000 persons, including men, women and children.</p>.<p>The archbishop said he was not the official of the government but could speak in the name of Christ. It is a place for sin and redemption, he said.</p>.<p>“Britain has never formally apologized for the tragedy,” he said.</p>.<p>“You have remembered what they have done, and their memory will live. I’m ashamed and sorry for the crime committed here. As a religious leader I mourn the tragedy,” he said. </p>
