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|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|image=
|image=Golden-Temple.jpg
|coordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.63089,74.871552&z=13&t=h&hl=en 31.63089°N, 74.871552°E]   
|coordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=31.63089,74.871552&z=13&t=h&hl=en 31.63089°N, 74.871552°E]   
|altitude= 218 m
|altitude= 218 m
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{{Places of Interest|title=Amritsar|name=Amritsar|link=xxxxx}}
'''Amritsar''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_327.gif Amritsar District] in the [[Lahore Division]] of [[Punjab|Punjab Province]] during the British period.<br>
Amritsar is home to the Golden Temple, the spiritual and cultural centre of the Sikh religion. It is now the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the Indian state of Punjab and is also known for the [[Massacre at Amritsar|Jallianwala Bagh Massacre]] in 1919 under British Rule.
==Spelling variants==
Modern spelling: Amritsar<br>
Variants: Umritsur, Umritsir
== Military history ==
[[Massacre at Amritsar]]
== External Links ==
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_336.gif Amritsar City] Imperial Gazetteer of India<br>
====Historical books online====
*[https://archive.org/stream/b21452404#page/384/mode/2up "Umritsir"] page  384 ''Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations'' 1864 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/gaz-amritsar-1883/page/n9/mode/2up ''Gazetteer of the Amritsar District 1883-4''] Archive.org
: ''Gazetteer Of The Amritsar District'' 1893. A volume in the series ''Punjab District Gazetteers''.  [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105589 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.2859/mode/2up  ''Punjab District Gazetteers Amritsar District'' [1947<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by A Macfarquhar 1947 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924022906311/page/n9/mode/2up ''Robert Clark of the Panjab : pioneer and missionary statesman''] by Henry Martyn Clark  1907 Archive.org. Born 1825, he joined the  Church Missionary Society  and  was sent to  India where he arrived  in 1852 and was posted to Amritsar. He partially retired in 1898, completely in  1900, but died soon after.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c2740836?urlappend=%3Bseq=124 "Amritsar District"] page 102 ''A list of inscriptions on Christian tombs or monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan possessing historical or archaeological interest Part 1'' by Miles Irving (1910) HathiTrust Digital Library
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/punjabdisturbanc01lahouoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''Punjab disturbances, April 1919; compiled from the Civil and military gazette''] 1919 Archive.org
* ''Amritsar Past and Present'' by V N Datta 1967. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.533737 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.




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Latest revision as of 12:50, 20 August 2022

Amritsar
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 31.63089°N, 74.871552°E
Altitude: 218 m
Present Day Details
Place Name: Amritsar
State/Province: Punjab
Country: India
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Amritsar was the headquarters of Amritsar District in the Lahore Division of Punjab Province during the British period.
Amritsar is home to the Golden Temple, the spiritual and cultural centre of the Sikh religion. It is now the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the Indian state of Punjab and is also known for the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in 1919 under British Rule.

Spelling variants

Modern spelling: Amritsar
Variants: Umritsur, Umritsir

Military history

Massacre at Amritsar

External Links

Amritsar City Imperial Gazetteer of India

Historical books online

  • "Umritsir" page 384 Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India : with Abstract of Evidence, and of Reports Received from Indian Military Stations 1864 Archive.org
  • Gazetteer of the Amritsar District 1883-4 Archive.org
Gazetteer Of The Amritsar District 1893. A volume in the series Punjab District Gazetteers. Archive.org version, mirror from Digital Library of India.
Punjab District Gazetteers Amritsar District [1947] by A Macfarquhar 1947 Archive.org.