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    The document discusses popular destinations in Amritsar, India. It describes the Golden Temple, known for its golden dome structure and built by Guru Arjun. It mentions Wagah Border as the only road border between India and Pakistan that attracts thousands daily for its ceremonial retreat. It also summarizes Jallianwala Bagh, the site of a 1919 massacre by British troops under General Dyer, where a memorial well marks where people jumped to escape firing.

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    The document discusses popular destinations in Amritsar, India. It describes the Golden Temple, known for its golden dome structure and built by Guru Arjun. It mentions Wagah Border as the only road border between India and Pakistan that attracts thousands daily for its ceremonial retreat. It also summarizes Jallianwala Bagh, the site of a 1919 massacre by British troops under General Dyer, where a memorial well marks where people jumped to escape firing.

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    The document discusses popular destinations in Amritsar, India. It describes the Golden Temple, known for its golden dome structure and built by Guru Arjun. It mentions Wagah Border as the only road border between India and Pakistan that attracts thousands daily for its ceremonial retreat. It also summarizes Jallianwala Bagh, the site of a 1919 massacre by British troops under General Dyer, where a memorial well marks where people jumped to escape firing.

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    DESTINATIONS

    AMRITSAR GOLDEN TEMPLE

    The Golden Temple also known as the


    Darbar Sahib has been built by Guru
    Arjun, the fifth guru of the Sikhs. The
    Golden Temple has been named so mainly
    The Punjabis or the Punjabi people, are
    because of its golden dome structure.
    an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group
    associated with the Punjab region in
    South Asia, specifically in the northern WAGAH BORDER

    part of the Indian subcontinent. They Wagah border happens to be the only road border
    speak Punjabi, a language from the Indo- between India and Pakistan. The border lies on
    Aryan language family. The Punjab
    the Grand Trunk road and attracts thousands of
    visitors regularly because of its ceremonial
    Climate is determined by the extreme retreat.
    hot and extreme cold conditions. The
    region lying near the foot hills of
    JALIANWALA BAGH
    Himalayas receive heavy rainfall
    whereas the region lying at a distant JALLIANWALA BAGH IS FAMOUS
    from the hills, the rainfall is scanty BECAUSE OF THE MASS MASSACRE
    and the temperature is high. UNDER THE ORDERS OF GENERAL
    DYER. INNOCENT PEOPLE THROUGH
    ALL AGES WERE CRUELLY KILLED BY
    TEN ROUNDS OF NONSTOP FIRING.
    THERE IS A MEMORIAL WELL INSIDE
    NORBA TRAVEL THE GARDEN WHERE PEOPLE JUMPED
    ENJOY ELEGANT IN ORDER TO ESCAPE THE FIRING.
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