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  Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne five years after India gained Independence from the British Raj. During her final visit to India in 1997, many expected her to offer an apology on behalf of her country for the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre. That expectation passes on to her son, King Charles III Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II started her reign in 1952, five years after  India  gained Independence from the vast colonial empire she headed. The British monarch, who died on Thursday passing the crown to son  Charles , was known to nurture a special fondness for India. This bond was furthered by her proximity to Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India and her husband Prince Philip’s maternal uncle who steered his nephew into the British royal family. While she enjoyed the warmth and hospitality of the Indian people on these visits, the relationship was not without its dark episodes, alluded to by the Queen herself in speeches. Her death, ironically, came on a d...