India - Queen pays tribute to massacre victims

Описание: (14 Oct 1997) T/I: 10:40:28


Britain's Queen Elizabeth II laid a wreath at the site of a 1919 civilian massacre by British colonial troops in Amritsar, India, on Tuesday (14/10), as a long-running dispute over the royal state visit ended in compromise.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, on a six-day trip to India coinciding with the country's 50th anniversary of independence, laid the wreath at the Jallianwala Bagh memorial.
The occasion, termed a "special gesture" by British officials, was widely welcomed, though some had previously called for the monarch to issue a full public apology for the massacre. Later the Queen, who had reportedly been advised by Indian Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral to avoid possible controversy and stay clear of Amritsar, was enthusiastically applauded by thousands as she visited the Sikhs' Golden Temple, their holiest shrine.

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AMRITSAR, INDIA, 14/10
WS Jallianwala Bagh Memorial (stone monument);
Memorial well at the Bagh;
Queen & Duke arriving at the memorial;
cutaway security;
Queen laying wreath at the memorial;
standing for one minute in silence at the memorial;
Queen leaving the Jallianwala Bagh memorial;
School children with Indian & British flags lining the route from the Jallianwala Bagh memorial to the Golden Temple;
Exterior of the Golden Temple;
Band welcoming the Queen;
school children welcoming the Queen;
School band, outside temple;
Security at Golden Temple;
WS Temple;
Queen arriving at the Golden Temple escorted by Temple clergy;
walking around the temple pool;
Queen entering the inner sanctum of the temple;
Queen walking around temple;
Queen seated next to Chief Minister of Punjab Prakash Singh Badal & Sri Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee President Mr.Gurcharan Singh Tohra;
Queen presented with replica (model) of the Golden Temple;
Duke presented with a sword ;
Queen presenting a crystal vase to the temple ;
CA Queen ;
Queen signing the Visitors Book at the temple;

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