Amritsar

American

[uhm-rit-ser] / əmˈrɪt sər /

noun

a city in NW Punjab, in NW India: site of the holiest shrine of the Sikh religion.

Amritsar British

/ æmˈrɪtsə /

noun

a city in India, in NW Punjab: centre of the Sikh religion; site of a massacre in 1919 of unarmed supporters of Indian self-government by British troops; in 1984 the Golden Temple, fortified by Sikhs, was attacked by Indian troops with the loss of many Sikh lives. Pop: 975 695 (2001)

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Journalists have gathered outside police barricades near an Indian Air Force building in Amritsar.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

An Indian farmer checks his wheat crop that was damaged in heavy rain on the outskirts of Amritsar on March 21, 2018.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2024

In 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi ordered a siege on separatists occupying the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest site in Sikhism.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2024

Born in Amritsar on Sept. 25, 1946, Bedi was part of the famous Indian spin quartet with Bhagwath Chandrasekhar, Erapalli Prasanna and Srinivas Venkataraghavan in the 1970s.

From Washington Times • Oct. 23, 2023

Leading English and American firms have factories located there, and for that reason rugs brought into the Occident from Amritsar are reliable.

From Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern A Handbook for Ready Reference by Holt, Rosa Belle

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