Amritsar - Wikipedia Amritsar This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( April 2018 ) This article is about the city. For the district, see Amritsar district. Metropolis in Punjab, India Amritsar Metropolis The Harmandir Sahib of Amritsar Nickname ( s ) : List title - Nicknames The Golden City The Holy City Pool of Nectar Sifti da Ghar Guru ki Nagari Amritsar Amritsar Show map of Punjab Show map of India Show all Coordinates : 31 ° 38 ′ N 74 ° 52 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 31.64 ° N 74.86 ° E ﻿ / 31.64 ; 74.86 Coordinates : 31 ° 38 ′ N 74 ° 52 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 31.64 ° N 74.86 ° E ﻿ / 31.64 ; 74.86 Country India State Punjab District Amritsar Founded by Guru Ram Das Government Type Municipality Body Municipal Corporation Amritsar Commissioner of Police Sh. SS srivastava Deputy commissioner Kamaldeep Singh sangha Area Metropolis 170 km ( 70 sq mi ) Population ( 2011 ) Metropolis 1,132,761 Density 6,700 / km ( 17,000 / sq mi ) Metro 1,183,705 Demonym ( s ) Amritsari ( Ambarsariya ) Time zone IST ( UTC + 5 : 30 ) PIN 143 - 001 Telephone code 91 183 XXX XXXX Vehicle registration PB01 ( Commercial ), PB - 02, PB - 89 Website www.amritsarcorp.com Amritsar ( pronunciation ( help info ) ; Punjabi pronunciation : ( əmːɾɪt̪səɾ ) ), historically also known as Rāmdāspur and colloquially as Ambarsar, is a city in north - western India which is the administrative headquarters of the Amritsar district - located in the Majha region of the Indian state of Punjab. According to the 2011 census, the population of Amritsar was 1,132,761 and it is the second most populous city of Punjab. It is one of ten Municipal Corporations in the state and Karamjit Singh Rintu is the current mayor of the city. The city is situated 217 km ( 135 mi ) northwest of state capital Chandigarh and 455 km ( 283 miles ) northwest of New Delhi, the national capital. It is near Pakistan, with the Wagah Border being only 28 km ( 17.4 mi ) away. The closest major city is Lahore, the second largest city in Pakistan, located 50 km ( 31.1 mi ) to the west. Amritsar ( literally, the tank of nectar of immortality ) was founded in 1577 by the fourth Sikh guru, Guru Ram Das. Sri Harmandir Sahib ( `` The abode of God '' ), also known as Darbar Sahib, ( Punjabi pronunciation : ( dəɾbɑɾ sɑhɪb ) ), informally referred to as the Golden Temple, is a Gurdwara located in Amritsar. It is one of the most revered spiritual sites of Sikhism. The construction of Harmandir Sahib is intended to build a place of worship for men and women from all walks of life and all religions to worship God equally. The four entrances ( representing the four directions ) to get into the Harmandir Sahib also symbolise the openness of the Sikhs towards all people and religions. Over 100,000 people visit the shrine daily for worship, and also partake jointly in the free community kitchen and meal ( Langar ) regardless of any distinctions, a tradition that is a hallmark of all Sikh Gurdwaras. The Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal situated at Amritsar is believed to be the Ashram site of Maharishi Valmiki, the writer of Ramayana. As per the Ramayana, Sita gave birth to Lava and Kusha, sons of lord Rama at Ramtirth ashram. Large number of people visit Ramtirth Temple at annual fair. Nearby cities to Amritsar, Lahore and Kasur were said to be founded by Lava and Kusha, respectively. During Ashvamedha Yagna by Lord Rama, Lava and Kush captured the ritual horse and tied Lord Hanuman to a tree near to today 's Durgiana Temple. During Navratra festivities it is considered to be auspicious by Hindu population of the city to visit that temple. Amritsar has been chosen as one of the heritage cities for HRIDAY - Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana scheme of Government of India. Contents 1 Jallianwala Bagh massacre 2 Operation Blue Star 3 Geography and climate 3.1 Administrative towns 4 Demographics 5 Religion 6 Tourism 7 Transport 7.1 Air 7.2 Rail 7.3 Road 7.4 Amritsar BRTS 8 Educational institutions 9 Notable residents 10 See also 11 References 12 External links Jallianwala Bagh massacre Main article : Jallianwala Bagh massacre The Jallianwalla Bagh in 1919, months after the massacre Bullet marks on the walls of the park premises 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, the holiest city of the Sikhs, on a day sacred to them as the birth anniversary of the Khalsa ( Vaisakhi day ). In the Punjab, during World War I ( 1914 -- 18 ), there was considerable unrest particularly among the Sikhs, first on account of the demolition of a boundary wall of Gurdwara Rakab Ganj at New Delhi and later because of the activities and trials of the Ghadarites, almost all of whom were Sikhs. In India as a whole, too, there had been a spurt in political activity mainly owing to the emergence of two leaders : Mahatma Gandhi ( 1869 -- 1948 ) who after a period of struggle against the British in South Africa, had returned to India in January 1915, and Annie Besant ( 1847 -- 1933 ), head of the Theosophical Society of India, who on 11 April 1916 established the Home Rule League with autonomy for India as its goal. In December 1916, the Indian National Congress, at its annual session held at Lucknow, passed a resolution asking the king to issue a proclamation announcing that it is the `` aim and intention of British policy to confer self - government on India at an early date ''. On 10 April 1919, Satya Pal and Saifuddin Kitchlew, two popular proponents of the Satyagraha movement led by Gandhi, were called to the deputy commissioner 's residence, arrested and sent off by car to Dharamsetla, a hill town, now in Himachal Pradesh. This led to a general strike in Amritsar. Excited groups of citizens soon merged into a crowd of about 50,000 marching on to protest to the deputy commissioner against the arrest of the two leaders. The crowd, however, was stopped and fired upon near the railway foot - bridge. According to the official version, the number of those killed was 12 and of those wounded between 20 and 30. Evidence before an inquiry of the Indian National Congress put the number of the dead between 20 and 30. Three days later, on 13 April, the traditional festival of Baisakhi, thousands of Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh. An hour after the meeting began as scheduled at 16 : 30, Dyer arrived with a group of sixty - five Gurkha and twenty - five Baluchi 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. Firing continued for approximately ten minutes. A British inquiry into the massacre placed the death toll at 379. The Indian National Congress determined that approximately 1,000 people were killed. Operation Blue Star Main article : Operation Blue Star Operation Blue Star ( 1 -- 6 June 1984 ) was an Indian military operation ordered by Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister of India to curb and remove Sikh militants from the Golden Temple in Amritsar. The operation was carried out by Indian army troops with tanks and armoured vehicles. Militarily successful, the operation aroused immense controversy, and the government 's justification for the timing and style of the attack are hotly debated. Operation Blue Star was included in the Top 10 Political Disgraces by India Today magazine. Official reports put the number of deaths among the Indian army at 83, with 493 civilians and Sikh militants killed. In addition, the CBI is considered responsible for seizing historical artefacts and manuscripts in the Sikh Reference Library before burning it down. Four months after the operation, on 31 October 1984, Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her Sikh bodyguards in what is viewed as an act of vengeance. Following her assassination, more than 3,000 Sikhs were killed in anti-Sikh pogroms. Geography and climate Amritsar is located at 31 ° 38 ′ N 74 ° 52 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 31.63 ° N 74.87 ° E ﻿ / 31.63 ; 74.87 with an average elevation of 234 metres ( 768 ft ). Amritsar has a semiarid climate, typical of Northwestern India and experiences four seasons primarily : winter season ( December to March ) with temperature ranges from 0 ° C ( 32 ° F ) to about 15 ° C ( 59 ° F ), summer season ( April to June ) where temperatures can reach 42 ° C ( 108 ° F ), monsoon season ( July to September ) and post-monsoon season ( October to November ). Annual rainfall is about 681 millimetres ( 26.8 in ). The lowest recorded temperature is − 3.6 ° C ( 25.5 ° F ), was recorded on 9 December 1996 and the highest temperature, 48.1 ° C ( 118.6 ° F ), was recorded on 22 May 2013. hide Climate data for Amritsar Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high ° C ( ° F ) 29.0 ( 84.2 ) 31.1 ( 88 ) 35.7 ( 96.3 ) 41.9 ( 107.4 ) 48.1 ( 118.6 ) 46.2 ( 115.2 ) 42.0 ( 107.6 ) 37.2 ( 99 ) 36.5 ( 97.7 ) 34.6 ( 94.3 ) 29.3 ( 84.7 ) 23.2 ( 73.8 ) 48.1 ( 118.6 ) Average high ° C ( ° F ) 19.3 ( 66.7 ) 22.2 ( 72 ) 27.4 ( 81.3 ) 34.0 ( 93.2 ) 38.7 ( 101.7 ) 40.1 ( 104.2 ) 35.4 ( 95.7 ) 34.3 ( 93.7 ) 34.5 ( 94.1 ) 32.4 ( 90.3 ) 26.9 ( 80.4 ) 21.3 ( 70.3 ) 30.5 ( 86.9 ) Daily mean ° C ( ° F ) 11.6 ( 52.9 ) 13.9 ( 57 ) 18.7 ( 65.7 ) 25.1 ( 77.2 ) 29.9 ( 85.8 ) 32.1 ( 89.8 ) 30.2 ( 86.4 ) 29.7 ( 85.5 ) 28.3 ( 82.9 ) 23.8 ( 74.8 ) 17.9 ( 64.2 ) 12.9 ( 55.2 ) 22.8 ( 73 ) Average low ° C ( ° F ) 3.9 ( 39 ) 6.5 ( 43.7 ) 11.3 ( 52.3 ) 16.6 ( 61.9 ) 21.1 ( 70 ) 25.1 ( 77.2 ) 25.7 ( 78.3 ) 25.3 ( 77.5 ) 23.0 ( 73.4 ) 16.3 ( 61.3 ) 9.0 ( 48.2 ) 4.6 ( 40.3 ) 15.7 ( 60.3 ) Record low ° C ( ° F ) − 3.5 ( 25.7 ) − 1.6 ( 29.1 ) 2.6 ( 36.7 ) 5.7 ( 42.3 ) 7.7 ( 45.9 ) 13.8 ( 56.8 ) 14.0 ( 57.2 ) 15.0 ( 59 ) 10.5 ( 50.9 ) 4.6 ( 40.3 ) 1.7 ( 35.1 ) − 2.7 ( 27.1 ) − 3.5 ( 25.7 ) Average rainfall mm ( inches ) 24 ( 0.94 ) 33 ( 1.3 ) 48 ( 1.89 ) 29 ( 1.14 ) 25 ( 0.98 ) 62 ( 2.44 ) 231 ( 9.09 ) 187 ( 7.36 ) 79 ( 3.11 ) 18 ( 0.71 ) 6 ( 0.24 ) 18 ( 0.71 ) 760 ( 29.91 ) Average rainy days ( ≥ 1.0 mm ) 2.4 2.0 2.6 1.5 1.3 3.1 8.2 8.1 3.6 1.2 0.6 1.2 35.8 Average relative humidity ( % ) 74 70 64 47 38 48 72 77 69 67 73 76 65 Mean monthly sunshine hours 181.7 192.7 219.4 265.0 294.7 269.0 215.5 227.7 240.8 253.2 220.1 182.2 2,762 Source : Administrative towns Ajnala Attari Beas Budha Theh Chheharta Sahib Jandiala Guru Majitha Rajasansi Ramdass Rayya Verka Town Baba Bakala Demographics See also : List of cities in Punjab and Chandigarh As of the 2011 census, Amritsar municipality had a population of 1,132,761 and the urban agglomeration had a population of 1,183,705. The municipality had a sex ratio of 879 females per 1,000 males and 9.7 % of the population were under six years old. Effective literacy was 85.27 % ; male literacy was 88.09 % and female literacy was 82.09 %. The scheduled caste population is 28.8 % Religion Amritsar is the holiest city of the Sikhs. The 2011 Census of India recorded Hinduism and Sikhism as the main religions of Amritsar city with respectively 49.36 % and 48 % of the population following them. However, Sikhs form a majority of close to 70 % in the Amritsar District including the rural areas and some of the other towns. In Amritsar city, Christianity was followed by 1.23 % and Islam by 0.51 %. Around 0.74 % of the population of the city stated ' No Particular Religion ' or another religion. Tourism Main article : Tourism in Amritsar Amritsar is attractive destination for tourists, especially those part of Golden Triangle. Major destinations are : Golden Temple and Heritage Street Punjab State War Heroes ' Memorial & Museum Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal Sadda Pind Urban Haat Food Street Gobindgarh Fort Ram Bagh Palace and Maharaja Ranjit Singh Museum Wagah border Partition Museum Jallianwala Bagh Jang - e-Azadi Memorial near Kartarpur, India Transport Air Amritsar 's Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the primary airport of the state of Punjab. It is also the largest and busiest airport of the state, with direct International flights to cities like Birmingham, Singapore, Dubai, Doha, Kuala Lumpur, Ashgabat among others and direct domestic Connectivity to over 12 Indian Cities Rail Amritsar is connected by rail to almost every major city in India. Amritsar railway station, the main terminus station is the busiest station of the state in terms of number of originating and terminating trains. The Samjhauta Express runs from Delhi through Amritsar to Lahore in Pakistan. Indian Railways has proposed a high - speed rail line ( Bullet train ) to serve Delhi - Amritsar via Panipat - Ambala - Chandigarh - Ludhiana - Jalandhar. The train is to run at high speeds of 160 km / h, second in India to the Ahmedabad - Mumbai bullet train. It will travel the 445 km between the two cities in 2.5 hours ( compared to the current time of 5 hours ). Companies from Japan, China, UK and Canada have expressed an interest in the project. The contract for building the line were to be awarded at the end of May 2008. Other lines of this kind have proposed in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune, and Kolkata. Road Amritsar Inter State Bus Stand Amritsar is located on the historic Grand Trunk Road ( G.T Road ), also known as NH 1 now renumbered as National Highway 3, and therefore very well connected to the road network. Additionally, NH 54 ( Old NH15 ), NH 354 and NH 503A connect Amritsar to other parts of state and rest of India. Madan Lal Dheengra Interstste Bus Terminal of Amritsar is the busiest and largest bus terminal of state in terms of scheduled bus operstions. Daily bus services connect Amritsar to almost every city of North India like Ambala, Patiala, New Delhi, Chandigarh and Jammu, Ludhiana, Manali, Dharamshala, Haridwar, Hissar, Bhatinda, Patiala among others. Rs 450,000,000 is being spent to expand the Amritsar - Jalandhar stretch of G.T. Road to four lanes. In 2010, elevated road with four lanes connected to the National highway for better access to the Golden Temple has been started. Amritsar BRTS The government of Punjab pledged Rs. 580 crore ( 100 million dollars ) for the Amritsar BRTS for the city. It is hoped that Amritsar BRTS will help relieve traffic congestion and improve air quality. The Amritsar BRTS ( or Amritsar Metrobus ) has commenced operations and is open to the public in some areas and rest is work in progress. City bus service is also present in the city. Amritsar is also connected with Lahore, Pakistan via the old Grand Trunk Road. Educational institutions Khalsa College Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar Guru Nanak Dev University D.A.V College Amritsar College of Engineering and Technology BBK DAV College for Women, Amritsar Delhi Public School, Amritsar Global Institute, Amritsar Government Medical College, Amritsar D.A.V Public School Khalsa College, Amritsar St. Francis School, Amritsar Notable residents Abdul Hameed, writer Akshay Kumar, actor Amrinder Gill, Punjabi singer Baba Deep Singh, General Bhagat Puran Singh, environmentalist Bhagat Singh Thind, US Sikh Leader Bharti Singh, Indian stand - up comedian Bhisham Sahni, Hindi writer Bishan Singh Bedi, cricketer Chandan Prabhakar, comedian Dalbir Chetan, Punjabi short - story writer Dara Singh, wrestler and actor Deepa Mehta, Indo - Canadian filmmaker Deepti Naval, actress Geeta Bali, actress Ghulam Abbas ( writer ) Ghulam Mohammad Baksh, wrestler Guru Tegh Bahadur, 9th Guru of Sikhs Gurpreet Ghuggi, Punjabi Comedian Hans Raj Khanna, judge at the Supreme court of India Jeetendra, actor Kapil Sharma, comedian Kiran Bedi, first woman IPS officer Krishan Kant, 10th Vice-President of India Laxmi Kanta Chawla Madan Lal Dhingra, independence activist Madan Lal, cricketer Mahendra Kapoor, playback singer Manmohan Singh, 13th Prime Minister of India Maurice Barrymore, ( patriarch of the Barrymore acting family M.D. Taseer, Urdu poet Mira Nair, Indo - American filmmaker Mohammed Rafi, recording artist Narendra Chanchal, singer Navjot Singh Sidhu, politician Nawab Kapur Singh, Sikh leader Pramod Moutho, Indian actor Raghunandan Lal Bhatia, politician Rajesh Khanna, actor Ramandeep Singh, footballer Richa Chadda, Actress Ritu Kumar, fashion designer Rupa Bajwa, writer Saadat Hasan Manto, writer Sahila Chadha, actress Saifuddin Kitchlew, freedom fighter Sam Manekshaw, Field Marshal Saurabh Kalia, soldier Shamshad Begum, classical singer Sudesh Lehri, comedian Veeru Devgan, director and producer of Hindi films Vikas Khanna, chef Vinod Mehra, actor Vipul Mehta, singer Waris Ahluwalia, model, actor in US Yash Johar, director and producer of Hindi films See also Punjab portal India portal Amritsar District Tarn Taran District Majha Sikhism References ^ Jump up to : `` Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 ; Urban Agglomerations / Cities having population 1 lakh and above '' ( PDF ). 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Question: a city in india in the northwest punjab
Answer: Amritsar