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*[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/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 | ||
*[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) | : ''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 | *[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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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] | [[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Bengal Presidency]] | ||
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| 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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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
| [xxxxx Amritsar] |
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
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.
- 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.
- "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
- Punjab disturbances, April 1919; compiled from the Civil and military gazette 1919 Archive.org
- Amritsar Past and Present by V N Datta 1967. Archive.org version, mirror from Digital Library of India.