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Amritsar - the tale following Ambarsar
- Amritsar, historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as Ambarsar, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Punjab.
- It is a major cultural and economic centre located in the Majha region of Punjab.
- Amritsar has been chosen as one of the heritage cities for HRIDAY scheme of the Government of India.
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Amritsar and Sikhism
- Amritsar is home to Harmandir Sahib, popularly known as "the Golden Temple," one of Sikhism's most spiritually significant and most-visited gurudwaras.
- Guru Ram Das, the fourth Sikh guru is credited with founding the holy city of Amritsar in the Sikh tradition
- According to the historical Sikh records, the site was chosen by Guru Amar Das and called Guru Da Chakk, after he had asked Ram Das to find land to start a new town with a man-made pool as its central point
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The Jallianwala Bagh mascare - a long raged wound of the city
- The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, involving the killings of hundreds of Indian civilians on the orders of a senior British military officer, Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, took place on 13 April 1919 in the heart of Amritsar
- on 13 April, the traditional festival of Baisakhi, thousands of people gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh. An hour after the meeting began as scheduled at 16:30, Dyer arrived with a group of soldiers. Without warning the crowd to disperse, Dyer blocked the main exits and ordered his troops to begin shooting toward the densest sections of the crowd.
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The economy of Amritsar
- The city is known for its wooden chessboards and chess pieces manufacturing industry
- In the mid 1980s the city was famous for its textile industry.
- It is famous for its Pashmina Shawls, Woolen Clothes, Blankets, etc. Among handicrafts, the craft of the Thatheras of Jandiala Guru in Amritsar district got enlisted on UNESCO's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2014,and the effort to revive this craft under the umbrella of Project Virasat is among India's biggest government-sponsored craft revival programs.
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