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Current Affairs UPPSC 2013 GS-I
Question

Who among the following foreign dignitaries visited Jallianwala Bagh during his tour of India in Feb, 2013?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Prime Minister of Britain

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Prime Minister of Britain”.
In order to promote bilateral relations with India, British Prime Minister David Cameron traveled to India in February 2013. David Cameron is the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to pay tribute to the martyrs of the Jallianwala Bagh Kand in Amritsar on April 13, 1919.

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