Earlier this month, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was making headlines with respect to a long-forgotten battle that slowly receded from our memory.

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Tharoor, who is best known for his oratory skills literally schooled a TV host on India's contribution to the British empire. He further went on by saying that India is seeking an apology for what Britain had done to India during the colonial time.

"To my mind, I think just taking collective responsibility of moral step that the British have simply not contemplated after 200 years of profiting from their (India's) empire."

“What really matters is for Britain to look within and to recognise that there is something to be apologetic about,” the former United Nations diplomat said.

(Also read: Shashi Tharoor Compares Winston Churchill To Hitler, Says He Was Responsible For The Bengal Famine)

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But as one would deem, the battle for him didn't end there. He has now tweeted about a petition started by his London-based nephew Avinash Tharoor, which requires 100,000 signatures for it to be debated in the UK Parliament.

Petition seeking British apology to the people of India needs 100,000 signatures to be debated in the UK parliament! https://t.co/IJfhnOt7iT — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) March 25, 2017

If the petition is able to fetch 100,000 signatures, British authorities will at least discuss the possibility of an apology to India.

Time and again, Tharoor has called out Britishers for being unrealistically callous and inhuman during their rule. His speech at the Oxford Union last year, in which he argued that Britain should pay India symbolic reparations, was viewed millions of times online.

If this petition leads to an apology, it will be quite appeasing for a nation that has lost so much during the onerous British rule!