A book containing English translation of 'Khooni Vaisakhi' has been released in UAE.
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Content of Poem: 'Khooni Vaisakhi' is a 100-year-old classic Punjabi poem about Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
Author of original poem: Revolutionary poet and novelist Nanak Singh, a Jallianwala Bagh survivor, wrote it after witnessing first-hand the events of April 13, 1919.
English translation: On the occasion of 100 years of that event the poem was translated by India's Ambassador to the UAE Navdeep Singh Suri, grandson of Nanak Singh.
Background: April 13, 2019 marks 100 years since the Jallianwala Bagh massacre that took place in Amritsar. On this day, British troops fired upon crowds of protesters celebrating Vaisakhi and peacefully demonstrating against the Rowlatt Act of the British Raj, leading to the loss of well over a thousand lives.
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