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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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Amritsar and Sikhism
- Amritsar is home to Harmandir Sahib, popularly known as "the Golden Temple," one of Sikhism's most spiritually significant and most-vis...
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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 ...
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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...
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