Amritsar—pool of nectar—which grew around the tank from which it derives its name, dates back to the 1570s when the fourth Sikh Guru, Guru Ram Das, ordered the construction of the tank. That makes Amritsar older than Shah Jahan’s Delhi, Francis Day’s Madras and Job Charnock’s Calcutta. A city that old—clothed in layers of lapsed centuries, each having its own share of turbulent times—cannot exactly be pretty.
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