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Am·rit·sar A0268100 (əm-rĭt′sər) A city of northwest India near the Pakistani border. Founded in 1577 by the fourth guru of the Sikhs, Ram Das (1534-1581), it has remained the center of the Sikh faith. In the Amritsar massacre of April 13, 1919, hundreds of Indian nationalists were killed by British-led troops.Amritsar (æmˈrɪtsə) n (Placename) 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)Am•rit•sar (əmˈrɪt sər) n. a city in NW Punjab, in NW India: site of the Golden Temple. 708,835. |