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was famous for Durries & Khes with a loom in every village. 19th cen work depicting weaving & spinning from

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2022-08-21

"Blue Star" (2020)

2020 Tribute to the 1984 Indian Military Operation: Blue Star on the Sikh's Holiest Site "The Golden Temple" in Amritsar, India

Full context + more insight to what happened here: https://t.co/4Le1X4oGQn


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2022-04-04

1876, the Court Circular reported that the Prince of Wales, on his trip round admired the famous Golden Temple at Amritsar, but hadn't taken off his shoes and gone in because that was "inexpedient"—what a shame! (Illus. by Mortimer Menpes) https://t.co/kbmPKErR1p

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2022-01-31

154 years old painting of Sikh Granthi (priest) reading Guru Granth Sahib (sacred book of Sikhs) in Golden Temple-Harimandir Sahib at Amritsar in Punjab was painted in 1867 AD.

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2021-11-20

154 years old painting of Akali Sikh at Holy Tank in Golden Temple-Harimandir Sahib of Amritsar in Punjab was painted in 1867 AD.

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2021-11-20

A Chromolithograph by British artist 1864, & now with of 'A Seated Holy Man with Figures',
The seated man is a an armed warrior class, having its origins in of 🙏

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2020-05-04

Salute to Freedom fighter & martyr
On 13March 1940 he assasinated Sir Michael Francis O'Dwyer as a revenge for massacre which occurred under his tenure as Lieutenant Governor of Punjab
Hundreds of Peaceful protesters were killed in 1919 at Amritsar

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2020-03-12

Tributes to Popular Urdu Poet /Film Lyricist Qamar Jalalabadi
Born 9 March 1917 (Amritsar)started writing Urdu poetry at age of 7
Debuted as Film lyricist in 1942
He was a top lyricist in 40s-60s
"Rafta rafta wo hamare dil ke Arman ho gaye " (Film Hum kahan ja rahe hain 1966)

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2020-03-09

[VIDEO 5] Ranveer and Deepika with their families at the Golden Temple Amritsar ❤

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2019-11-15

Holy man at Amritsar, William Simpson 1864. The artist has inscribed it as ‘Akali Umritser Punjaub’. Seems to be in the Golden Temple complex. pic frm Wellcome

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2019-09-12

The of India saw a division of our museum collections too. Moving from Lahore to Amritsar to Shimla to Patiala, finally they found a perm. place in the newly built 🏛 That is why, we can’t help feel nostalgic about coming !!

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2018-05-01