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| | Amritsar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The city is the administrative centre for the Amritsar district. | | | Amritsar derives from Sanskrit Amŗta-sarovar = "Nectar Lake"; in Hindu belief Amŗta (nectar) is a liquid that Hindu devas drank to keep them immortal. | | | The main spoken language in Amritsar is Punjabi. |
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| | Amritsar |
| | AMRITSAR (31°38'N, 74°53'E)(originally called Ramdaspur) is the current principal holy city of the Sikhs and is the headquarters of the district (Amritsar) in the Punjab. | | | None of the later Gurus resided at Amritsar which was controlled during the rest of the seventeenth century by Guru Hargobind's cousin, Miharban, and the latter's son, Harji, who headed the schismatic Mina sect. | | | It was a declaration in 1873 by four Sikh students of the Amritsar Mission School of their intention to embrace Christianity which led to the rise of a Sikh movement to promote rediscovery of the essentials of the teachings of the faith and education among the Sikh masses. |
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http://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php?title=Amritsar
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| | Agrikhalsa .:: History of Amritsar ::. |
| | He invaded India in 1762 and inflicted a deadly blow on the Sikhs in the battle of Kup Rahira in District Ludhiana. | | | The 'Sarbrah', a nominee of the Deputy Commissioner of Amritsar mismanaged the affairs of the temple. | | | It is Amritsar where the smoldering surge of Independence of our country burst into a full fledged "Flame of Liberty" in the form of Jallianwala Bagh massacre in which about two thousand people were killed. |
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| | The Harimandir: The Golden Temple: Gateway to Sikhism |
| | Bhai Des Raj, a Khatri of village Sur Singh, District Amritsar, known for his honesty and truthfulness, was put in charge of the finance of the project so that the building of the temple and the tank should be completed as per p1an. | | | As there was no binder at Amritsar at that time, the holy scripture was sent to Lahore for binding through Bhai Bano. | | | It seems that originally the site of Amritsar was a shamlat'(community land) lying between the village of Sultanwind, Tung, Gumtala and Gilwali, and later it was acquired by the Sikh Gurus either on payment or was received by them free of cost. |
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http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/gurudwaras/gt01.htm
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| | Massacre of Jalianwala Bagh, Amritsar |
| | ALLIANVALA BAGH MASSACRE, involved the killing of hundreds of unarmed, defenceless Indians by a senior British militry officer, took place on 13 April 1919 in the heart of Amritsar, the holiest city of the Sikhs, on a day sacred to them as the birth anniversary of the Khalsa. | | | One Miss Marcella Sherwood, manager of the City Mission School, who had been living in Amritsar district for 15 years working for the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society, was attacked. | | | The honouring of Brigadier-General Dyer by the priests of Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, led to the intensification of the demand for reforming management of Sikh shrines already being voiced by societies such as the Khalsa Diwan Majha and Central Majha Khalsa Diwan. |
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http://www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/events/jbagh.html
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| | Amritsar on Encyclopedia.com |
| | people south asia indian sub continent amritsar asia asia india punjab india continent | | | The first Amritsar massacre took place in the Jalianwala Bagh, an enclosed park, in Apr., 1919; hundreds of Indian nationalists were killed and thousands wounded when troops under British control fired upon them. | | | The center of the Sikh religion (see Sikhism), Amritsar was founded in 1577 by Ram Das, the fourth guru [Hindustani,=teacher], on land given by Akbar. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/A/Amritsar.asp
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| | The Amritsar Massacre |
| | On April 10, in Amritsar, Kichloo and Satyapal were arrested and deported from the district by deputy commisioner Miles Irving, and when their followers tried to march to Irving's bungalow in the camp to demand the release of their leaders they were fired upon by British troops. | | | It was a Sunday, and many neighboring peasants had come to Amritsar to celebrate a Hindu festival, gathering in the Bagh, which was a place for holding cattle fair and other festivities. | | | Dyer kept his troops firing for about ten minutes, until they had shot 1650 rounds of ammunition into the terror-stricken crowd, which had no way of escaping the Bagh, since the soldiers spanned the only exit. |
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| | PROFORMA FOR FURNISHING DETAILS |
| | Youth Hostel Pipli is located in district Kurukshetra on the Grand Trunk Road between New Delhi and Amritsar. | | | According to the ancient Hindu scriptures, it was the abode of Brahma, the Creator, and of many lesser gods and sages. | | | The Kurukshetra University here has been specially set up for promotion of Sanskrit language, literature and ancient Hindu Philosophy. |
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| | Initiatives Female Foeticide |
| | These districts are-Fatehgarh Sahib (754), Patiala (770), Kapurthala (775), Gurdaspur (775), Mans (779), Bathinda (779), Amritsar (783), Sangrur (784), Rupnagar (791) and Jalandhar (797). | | | These districts are South West (-59), North West (-55), North East (-50) and North (-50). | | | Districts like Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, sonepat and Rohtak are critical with less than 800 girls to 1000 boys. |
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| | Articles - Kapurthala |
| | In the north it is bound by Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, and Amritsar districts, in the west by River Beas and Amritsar District, and in south by the Sutlej River, Jalandhar District, and Hoshiarpur District. | | | Kapurthala District is one of the smallest districts of Punjab in terms of both area and population. | | | The total area of the district is 1633 km² (630.338 square miles) of which 909.09 km² (350.908 square miles) is in Kapurthala tehsil, 304.05 km² (117.363 square miles) in Phagwara tehsil and 451.0 km² (174.086 square miles) in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil. |
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| | Database |
| | Forty-five year old Balbir Singh, son of Hazara Singh and Gulab Kaur, was a farmer resident of Doohal Nau village, mentioned in the CBIs list as Dhulkohna, post office Mastgarh, under Khemkaran police station, in Patti subdivision of Amritsar district. | | | Fifty-five year old Kartar Singh, s/o Makhan Singh and Dial Kaur, was a small farmer resident of Bhai Ladhu village, post office Kalsian Kalan under Bhikhiwind police station, in Patti subdivision of Amritsar district. | | | Thirty-five year old Ratan Singh, s/o Channan Singh and Guron, was a farmer resident of village and post office Kalla under Sadar police station in Tarn Taran subdivision of Amritsar district. |
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| | WEST PUNJAB ABLAZE |
| | Sialkot is a district bordering on Lahore and Amritsar beside Gurdaspur and Gujranwala. | | | Muzaffargarh is an outlying district to the west of Multan. | | | In this district, on the 1st September the Deputy Commissioner in an open meeting declared it to be his policy to turn out all Hindus and Sikhs from the district. |
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| | Welcome to Offical Web site of Punjab, India |
| | A major portion of an old haveli at Lalliany village (Kasur district in Pakistan), belonging to the ancestors of Mr Kirandip Singh Bhullar, Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar, has been found to be intact. | | | District Kasur was formed in 1976 by detaching Kasur and Chunian tehsils from Lahore district. | | | The district has Indian Territory towards south and east across the river Satluj, Lahore district towards north, Okara district on south-west and Sheikhupur district towards north-west. |
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| | Marathwada Profile |
| | Other tourist attractions are the meteorite crater at Lonar, Aurangzeb's tomb at Khultabad, Guru Gobind Singhji Gurudwara at Nanded, which is the second most sacred pilgrimage centre for Sikhs after the Golden Temple at Amritsar, two of the 12 Jyotirlingas--- at Grushneshwar (Aurangabad district) and Parli-Vaijnath (Beed district). | | | Marathwada is the region comprising the eight districts of (divisional headquarters) Jalna, Aurangabad, Parbhani, Hingoli, Nanded, Latur, Osmanabad and Beed. | | | I belong to beed district of marathwada region. |
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http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/oct/06maha1.htm
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| | Open Directory - Regional:Asia:India:Punjab:Districts |
| | This district is named after the city of Amritsar. | | | Ferozepur district is in the west of Punjab. | | | This is a district wtih its main town in Sirhind, in eastern Punjab. |
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| | www.kapurthalaonline.com...Taking City to Cyber Age...Location |
| | In Western side of district Beas river is flowing after which Amritsar District is situated. | | | In Northern direction Gurdaspur and in North-Eastern direction Hoshiarpur District is situated. | | | In east direction of Phagwara District Hoshiarpur lies and on all other directions District Jalandhar lies. |
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| | Historical Sikh Events at Gateway to Sikhism:Karorasinghia Misl |
| | A Dhalival Jatt, Baghel Singh arose from the village of Jhabal, in Amritsar district, to become a formidable force in the cis-Sutlej region. | | | Karora Singh confined his activities to the tract lying south of the Kangra hills in Hoshiarpur district, and had seized several important towns such as Hoshiarpur, Hariana and Sham Chaurasi before he died in 1761. | | | Another Karorsinghia scion, Rai Singh, son of Mahtab Singh who had killed the notorious Masse Khan Ranghar, seized a number of villages in Samrala in the Ludhiana district after the Sikh conquest of Sirhind in 1764. |
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Amritsar |
| | It is the Administrative Centre for the district and lies on the main GT road from Chandigarh to Jalandhar to Amritsar to Lahore, Pakistan. | | | It is also the location of the Amritsar Massacre, which took place at Jalianwalla Bagh. | | | The Amritsar Massacre occurred here on 13 April 1919, killing 379 people and wounding another 1,200. |
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http://pedia.nodeworks.com/A/AM/AMR/Amritsar
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| | The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Ludhiana Stories |
| | The Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) would observe August 19 as ardas divas at Sri Akal Takht Sahib, Amritsar, to seek spiritual power from the Almighty to work for empowerment of farmers and betterment of all people. | | | Those persons of the Fatehgarh Sahib district who have kuchha or no houses will be given pucca houses under Indira Awas Yojna, this was stated by the ADC, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mr M.P. Arora, during sangat darshan programme held at Baur village, near here. | | | According to Mr Kadian, BKU functionaries from all over the state will arrive in Amritsar on August 18 and participate in an ardas at Sri Akal Takht Sahib next morning, praying to the Almighty for bestowing spiritual power organisation so that it could continue its relentless fight for achieving the just demands of the farmers. |
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http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010804/ldh1.htm
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| | Rediff On The NeT: Prohibitory orders enforced in Amritsar district |
| | Prohibitory orders have been promulgated in Amritsar district after some political groups decided to observe the fifteenth anniversary of Operation Bluestar on June 6 as ghallughara diwas (genocide day). | | | Rediff On The NeT: Prohibitory orders enforced in Amritsar district | | | District Magistrate Narinderjit Singh said political demonstrations, rallies, and assembly of five or more persons at any place stood banned till July 13. |
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| | pun_news_page010403.htm |
| | The Patiala police today claimed that it had busted a gang which had made hundreds of fake registration numbers of combine harvesters, trucks and Jeeps in connivance with the district transport officers of Faridkot district in Punjab and Tohana district in Haryana. | | | AMRITSAR: For about last two months the granthi of a mazhabi Sikh gurdwara is running from pillar to post for getting the bir of Guru Granth Sahib even as he claims to have given cash bheta (donation) of Rs 600 to the personal assistant of Akal Takht jathedar Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti. | | | The Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) has decided to approach Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Joginder Singh Vedanti to resolve the issue of alleged boycott of Dalits of Talhan village near here by members of the Jat community. |
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http://www.punjabilok.com/news_files/april_2003/pun_news_page010403.htm
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| | Punjab Police - Martyrs-Gallery |
| | He was killed in an encounter at Gurur Ram Dass Nagar, district Amritsar on 26.5.1992. | | | Inspector Surjit Singh No. 727/GSP, was born on 10.6.1945, He was killed on 13.9.1990 at village Chak Sakandar, police station Ram Dass, district Majitha in a bomb blast. | | | Inspector Sukhdial Singh No. 715/LDH, was killed by the terrorists of Babbar Khalsa International group on 18.5.1991, at police post village Ranike, police station Sherpur, district Sangrur. |
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| | Bangladesh - Catholic Church Local History and Ancestors Genealogy Research |
| | The Diocese of Jalandhar encompasses the civil districts of Amritsar, Faridkot, Ferozepore, Gurdaspur, Hoshiarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Moga, Muktsar and Nawanshahar, in the Punjab and Chamba; Hamirpur, Kangra and Una in Himachal Pradesh. | | | The diocese of Ajmer-Jaipur encompasses the districts of Ajmer, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Alwar, Barau, Barmer, Bundi, Dausa, Jalore, Jhalawar, Karauli, Nagaur, Pali, Sawai Madhopur, Sirohi, Tonk, Bikaner, Churu, Sri Ganganagar, Hammangarh, Jaisalmer, Jhunijhnu and Sikar, in the state of Rajasthan. | | | The Diocese of Balasore encompasses the districts of Balasore, Krishnachandrapur and Barbil. |
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| | WELCOME TO NEWS BRIEFS FROM PUNJAB - A GREAT STATE OF INDIA |
| | Amritsar: A 75-year-old woman was found murdered at her Circular Road residence located opposite the medical college here on Wednesday.Ranbir Singh, DSP (Civil), said the murder seemed to have been committed by some robbers who had entered the house of the victim. | | | Amritsar: While the Shiromani Akali Dal (A) formed a two-member committee to hold investigations in the Gurusar Satlani possession episode in which two persons belonging to Baba Gurpinder Singh of Gurdwara Gurusar Satlani faction died, Harpal Singh, legal advisor to Baba, demanded a CBI inquiry in this regard. | | | Welcoming the new law Prof Jagmohan Singh, general secretary of the Akali Dal (Amritsar) told to media on Monday this law popularly known as LLEEA was intended to strengthen the ability of federal, state and local governments to investigate and prosecute hate crime based on race, ethnic background, religion, gender, sexual orientation and disability. |
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| | Massacre of Jalianwala Bagh, Amritsar |
| | One Miss Marcella Sherwood, manager of the City Mission School, who had been living in Amritsar district for 15 years working for the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society, was attacked. | | | ALLIANVALA BAGH MASSACRE, involved the killing of hundreds of unarmed, defenceless Indians by a senior British militry officer, took place on 13 April 1919 in the heart of Amritsar, the holiest city of the Sikhs, on a day sacred to them as the birth anniversary of the Khalsa. | | | The honouring of Brigadier-General Dyer by the priests of Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, led to the intensification of the demand for reforming management of Sikh shrines already being voiced by societies such as the Khalsa Diwan Majha and Central Majha Khalsa Diwan. |
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| | India: Human rights violations in Punjab: use and abuse of the law |
| | Baldev Singh, a 25-year-old salesman in the Co-operative Department of the Punjab Government and a resident of Shahpur village in Amritsar district, was arrested on 18 April 1989. | | | Hardeep Singh, aged 25, son of Amarjit Singh of Verka village, Amritsar district, was reportedly arrested by police from Sector 27 in Chandigarh at 9 pm on 21 April 1989. | | | Bhajan Singh, from Maksudra village, Ludhiana, and two of his five sons, Balwant and Bhagwant Singh, aged 24 and 22, signed affidavits on 20 May 1990 describing the repeated and ongoing harassment of family members by the police who were seeking to apprehend alleged militants, including an elder son in the family. |
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| | The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Regional Briefs |
| | VISIT: Mr Iman Singh Maan along with activists of the SAD (Amritsar) visited the grain markets of Mandi Gobindgarh, Amloh, Bugga Kalan and Shamaspur and discussed the problems with the farmers on Wednesday, according to Mr Ravinder Singh Khalsa, district youth president of the Akali Dal, in a press note here on Thursday. | | | APPOINTED: The president of the district Youth Congress of Amritsar (Rural) said Mr Rajkanwal Singh had been appointed the secretary general of the DYCA. | | | Mohan Singh Ahluwalia, has asked the state government to ensure that lifts and ramps are provided for in all new public utility buildings. |
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| | Simranjit Mann remanded to JC till July 1 |
| | Earlier, Mann, who was arrested by the Ropar district police in Sangrur district in another sedition case on June 13, was brought here by the police on a transit remand. | | | Amritsar: A local court today remanded Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) president Simranjit Singh Mann to judicial custody till July 1 in the sedition case registered against him at the Kotwali Police Station here. | | | Mann was produced before judicial magistrate Ranjiv Kumar, who sent the accused to 14-day judicial custody. |
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| | Gadar List |
| | He went to Canada in 1907 in the company of Puran Singh of village Purhiran, district Hoshiarpur and Mehar Singh originally of Purhiran but now of Chak 64/4-R., P. Nur Shah, District Montgomery, where he was closely connected with the Ghadr Movement. | | | He emigrated to Canada in 1906 where he was reported to be a close friend of Bhagwan Singh Granthi (formerly a leader of the Ghadr Party) of village of Viring, district Amristar and to have subscribed to the Ghadr Party funds. | | | Son of Faujdar Singh, V. Jagdeo Kalan, D.Amritsar. |
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