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Amritsar
[uhm-rit-ser]
noun
a city in NW Punjab, in NW India: site of the holiest shrine of the Sikh religion.
Amritsar
/ æˈɪٲə /
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)
Example Sentences
In 1919, he resigned from the Viceroy's Council after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in the northern Indian city of Amritsar in Punjab, in which hundreds of civilians attending a public meeting were shot dead by British troops.
In his memoir, Nair writes of speaking to the editor of The Westminster Gazette which soon published an article called the Amritsar Massacre.
The military aircraft, which left Texas late on Tuesday, is now in the city of Amritsar where authorities say they have put measures in place to process the deportees.
Journalists have gathered outside police barricades near an Indian Air Force building in Amritsar.
Within months, she escaped to the northern Indian city of Amritsar, her mother's place of birth, but troubles followed.
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