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A Sikh Guru (perhaps Guru Arjan) seated in the Golden Temple at Amritsar in the late 16th or early 17th century, c. 1830 Guler painting. Ramdaspur town expanded during the time of Guru Arjan financed by donations and constructed by voluntary work. The town grew to become the city of Amritsar, and the area grew into the temple complex). [24]
Hall Bazaar [30] market, located on the way to Golden temple is one of the oldest markets in Amritsar. Katra Jaimal Singh market is another famous market for the textile and clothing items other than Shastri market where textile manufacturing industries are located. The traditional Indian jewellery ‘jadau’ can be found in Guru Bazar.
Operation Blue Star was a military operation by the Indian Armed Forces conducted between 1 and 10 June 1984 to remove Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and other Sikh militants from the Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib), a holy site of Sikhism, and its adjacent buildings.
The Sikh Reference Library was a repository of an estimated 20,000 literary works located in the Darbar Sahib (Golden Temple) at Amritsar, Punjab which was destroyed during Operation Blue Star. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In 1984, the library's contents were confiscated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the empty building allegedly burned ...
About 300 National Security Guards commandos stormed the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine of the Sikhs, along with 700 Border Security Force troops and captured about 200 Sikh militants. [4] One person was killed and two were injured. [3] All of those who were arrested were released a few months after the Operation on account of a lack of ...
Sketch map of the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar, published in Sundar Singh Ramgarhia's Guide to the Darbar Sahib or Golden Temple of Amritsar (1903) Photograph taken from a high-vantage point of the skyline of the city of Amritsar, 1903. In 1903, the following views were possible from the vantage point of the top of the tower: [4]
The Golden Temple in Amritsar, India, was damaged by the first blast that happened on May 7, 2023, and by the second blast that happened on May 8, 2023.At midnight on May 10, 2023 a third blast occurred. [1]
Amritsar more than 3000 (unofficial figure) people killed including 170 Sikh militants holed up inside the Harmandir Sahib temple complex and army troops fighting them and civilians caught in the cross fire between militants and the Indian army in Golden Temple which was termed as operation Blue Star.