Attari | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 31°36′03″N 74°36′20″E / 31.60083°N 74.60556°E | |
Country | India |
State | Punjab |
District | Amritsar |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Attari, also spelled Atari, is a village of Amritsar district in the Punjab state of India, 3 km from the Indo-Pakistani border at Wagah. It is situated 25 km west of the Sikh holy city of Amritsar,[1] and is the last Indian station on the rail route connecting Lahore, Pakistan with the Indian capital Delhi.[2] Attari village was the native village of Sardar Sham Singh Attariwala, one of the generals in the Army of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.