Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of northwest India near the Pakistan 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.
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- proper noun A large city in
India , thecapital of the state ofPunjab .
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Examples
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AMRITSAR: Border Security Force (BSF) troopers fired from machine-guns and automatic terrorists fired seven rockets into Punjab's Amritsar district but
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AMRITSAR: Border Security Force (BSF) troopers fired from machine-guns and automatic weapons after suspected terrorists fired seven rockets into Punjab's Amritsar district but there were no casualties, officials said on Saturday.
The Times of India 2010
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AMRITSAR: Four persons, including one woman, lost their life and three others were injured in an accident near Jethuwal village after a speeding car hit a motorcycle at a village near Amritsar on Sunday.
The Times of India 2010
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AMRITSAR: Border Security Force (BSF) troopers fired from machine-guns and automatic terrorists fired seven rockets into Punjab's Amritsar district but
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AMRITSAR: Four persons, including one woman, lost their life and three others were injured in an accident near Jethuwal village after a speeding car hit a motorcycle at a village near Amritsar on Sunday.
The Times of India 2010
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AMRITSAR: Border Security Force (BSF) troopers fired from machine-guns and automatic weapons after suspected terrorists fired seven rockets into Punjab's Amritsar district but there were no casualties, officials said on Saturday.
The Times of India 2010
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AMRITSAR: Indian custom department Sunday seized heroin smuggled from Pakistan at the international Attari Railway station which was concealed in the specially created cavity in the Goods Train that has arrived India from Lahore-Pakistan to Amritsar.
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AMRITSAR: Rosebys interiors India Limited today opened its first exclusive showroom in Amritsar.
PunjabNewsline News 2010
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AMRITSAR: Border Security Force (BSF) troopers fired from machine-guns and automatic terrorists fired seven rockets into Punjab's Amritsar district but
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AMRITSAR: Om Parkash Soni Congress candidate for the prestigious Amritsar parliament Seat Friday claimed that Congress party would win the Amritsar seat on the basis of development works which were done in last fiver years.
PunjabNewsline News 2009
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