Armitsar By: Kevin Kim ET6B
Basic Facts
The area is about 5,000 square kilometers. There are about 2.5 million people in Armitsar. Most of them speak Punjabi. Some speak Hindi or English. Armitsar is the home to the Golden Temple, one of the most fasconation tourist attractions after the Taj Mhal.
The area is about 5,000 square kilometers. There are about 2.5 million people in Armitsar. Most of them speak Punjabi. Some speak Hindi or English. Armitsar is the home to the Golden Temple, one of the most fasconation tourist attractions after the Taj Mhal.
The Golden Temple
The Golden Temple is a two storey marble structure. The top is covered in gold. It is placed on a Rectagular surface. It iis surrounded by the Pool of Nectar. The Golden Temple in Armitsar is the holiest shrine for the Sikhs. On the top it is crowned with a dome (the Golden Dome) shaped like an inverted lotus. With the first light of dawn, the reflection of the Golden Dome is very beautiful. The Golden Dome said to be covered with 100 kg of pure gold. It is probably most beautiful at night in the summer time. They sometimes have festivals near the Golden Temple to Praise the Gods and stuff like that.
The Golden Temple History
Armitsar in Indian literally means Pool of Nectar. Dating back 400 years ago, it is known more for the famous Golden Temple. In 1634 The Mogul Army tried to occupy Armitsar. They tried many times, but the Sikhs were still in charge. In 1709 the Sikhs, under the command of Bhai
Mani Singh and Bhai Tara Singh of Dall-Wan(the commaders of the Mogul Army) repelled this attack. When Baba
Banda Singh Bahadur(the caretaker of Armitsar) occupied several areas in the Punjab, Bhai Mani Singh(sort of like the king in Armitsar) chose
to leave Amritsar in order to avoid the Mogul attacks.
In 1846, when the British conquered them many British people came to Armitsar to look at its beautiful tourist attraction. The British declared Armitsar a "Holy City". 1919 General Dyer opened fire that killed 379 people and wounded another over 1500 because he didn't like Armitsar being called "Holy City. Which gets me to the next point------->
In 1846, when the British conquered them many British people came to Armitsar to look at its beautiful tourist attraction. The British declared Armitsar a "Holy City". 1919 General Dyer opened fire that killed 379 people and wounded another over 1500 because he didn't like Armitsar being called "Holy City. Which gets me to the next point------->
The Armitsar Massacre
Few months after the end of the first world war when an Englishwoman reported that she had been molested(annoyed) on a street in the Punjab city of Amritsar. The Raj's local commander issued an order requiring all Indians using that street to crawl its length on their hands and knees. He also authorized the indiscriminate, public whipping of natives who came very closeto the British policemen.
On 1919, a multitude of Punjabis gathered in Amritsar's "Baisakhi Fair" and to protest at these extraordinary measures. The packed gathering in a narrow space smaller had been peacefully listening to the testimony of victims when Dyer appeared at the head of a contingent of British troops. Giving no word of warning, he ordered 50 soldiers to fire into the gathering, and for 10 to 15 minutes 1,650 rounds of ammunition were unloaded into the screaming, terrified crowd, some of whom were trampled by those desperately trying to escape. They injured over 1500 and killedd 379. Dyer just said to the poeple, there was a protest and I had to stop it or else they would overrun our army. A young Sikh teenager who was being raised at Khalsa Orphanage named Udham Singh (aka Mohammad Singh Azad) saw the happening with his own eyes. He vowed to avenge the Amritsar massacre. On 13 March 1940 at 4.30 p.m. in the Caxton Hall, London, where a meeting of the East India Association was being held in conjunction with the Royal Central Asian Society, Udham Singh fired five to six shots from his pistol at Sir Michael O'Dwyer, who was governor of the Punjab when the Amritsar Massacre had taken place, to avenge the massacre.
On 1919, a multitude of Punjabis gathered in Amritsar's "Baisakhi Fair" and to protest at these extraordinary measures. The packed gathering in a narrow space smaller had been peacefully listening to the testimony of victims when Dyer appeared at the head of a contingent of British troops. Giving no word of warning, he ordered 50 soldiers to fire into the gathering, and for 10 to 15 minutes 1,650 rounds of ammunition were unloaded into the screaming, terrified crowd, some of whom were trampled by those desperately trying to escape. They injured over 1500 and killedd 379. Dyer just said to the poeple, there was a protest and I had to stop it or else they would overrun our army. A young Sikh teenager who was being raised at Khalsa Orphanage named Udham Singh (aka Mohammad Singh Azad) saw the happening with his own eyes. He vowed to avenge the Amritsar massacre. On 13 March 1940 at 4.30 p.m. in the Caxton Hall, London, where a meeting of the East India Association was being held in conjunction with the Royal Central Asian Society, Udham Singh fired five to six shots from his pistol at Sir Michael O'Dwyer, who was governor of the Punjab when the Amritsar Massacre had taken place, to avenge the massacre.
Udham Singh
On the 31st July, 1940, Udham Singh was hanged at Pentonville jail, London. "He was the real culprit. He deserved it. He wanted to crush the spirit of my people, so I [had to] crush him." Udham Singh, telling the trial court why he killed Michael O'Dwyer a decenant of General Dyer.
References: http://www.amritsar.com/Amritsar.shtml