Vice Prez releases postage stamp, Rs 100 coin to commemorate 100 years of Jallianwala Bagh massacre

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Commemorating the 100 years of Jallianwala Bagh massacre, Vice-President of India M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday released the commemorative postage stamp at the Jallianwala Bagh memorial.

The Vice-President also released coins of Rs 100 with ‘Centenary of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre’ written on it and the memorial drawn on it.

The postage stamp also bears the image of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial and one of the stamps is dedicated to the martyrs who lost their lives in the massacre.

Besides that, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi, early in the day, paid homage to hundreds of people, who were massacred by British forces at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar on April 13, 1919.

“Today, when we observe 100 years of the horrific Jallianwala Bagh massacre, India pays tributes to all those martyred on that fateful day. Their valour and sacrifice will never be forgotten. Their memory inspires us to work even harder to build an India they would be proud of,” PM Modi tweeted.

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While the Congress chief visited the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial in Amritsar to pay tributes to those who lost their lives and said the cost of our freedom must never be forgotten.

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