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ID: 7001498
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001498
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Amritsar (inhabited place)  Amritsar (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 38 12 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 31.6366  decimal degrees
Long: 074 52 29 E  degrees minutes   Long: 74.8748  decimal degrees

Note: Religious center of Sikhs; was annexed by Great Britain in 1849; infamous for Amritsar Massacre of 1919, when troops under British command fired upon political demonstration killing hundreds of Gandhi followers; produces textiles, leather, and canned food.

Names:
Amritsar (preferred,C,V,English,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of India (nation)  ........  India (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Punjab (state)  ............  Punjab (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Amritsar (inhabited place)  ................  Amritsar (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded by Rām Dās, 1577
city (C)
administrative center (C)
commercial center (C)
transportation center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Amritsar..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 30
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 356
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 12
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 30
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 356
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2088794
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 12
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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