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		<title>Holding the Fort: Gobindgarh and Phillaur Forts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the forts of Gobindgarh and Phillaur complete 200 years, G. S. Aujla traces their importance in Punjab’s history from The Tribune, 29 November 2009. The year 2009 marks the bicentenary of the completion of two historic and strategic forts of Punjab — the Gobindgarh fort of Amritsar and the Phillaur fort — on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Modernisation takes toll on monuments</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Historical buildings, especially of the Maharaja Ranjit Singh and British era, in Amritsar have witnessed destruction due to the apathy of the district administration. A wall built during Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s reign, along with 12 gates with Nanakshahi bricks for the city’s defence, has been virtually destroyed. Earlier, the British demolished the wall on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army to handover Gobindgarh Fort, Amritsar, to Civil admin on Monday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monday would witness a magnificent historical moment in the history of the Holy City when the Army would hand over Fort Gobindgarh to the civil administration. This comes after several rounds of talks between the bureaucracy, political leadership and the Army authorities. On December 20, 2006 , Prime Minister&#160; Manmohan Singh had handed over keys [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gobindgarh Fort: Restoration work to begin today</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bungalow of Gen O&#8217;Dyre at historic Gobindgarh Fort in Amritsar. After overcoming numerous glitches for handing over the historic Gobindgarh Fort, presently under the Army occupation, the district administration after prolonged negotiations has managed to give a go ahead for the restoration work of the fort from tomorrow. After the restoration and conservation work, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slow Fort work</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2007/12/slow-fort-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It might take at least six more months before the gates of the historic Gobindgarh Fort are thrown open to the public, as work on construction of its boundary wall is still not complete. Moreover, the district administration has run out of funds to undertake the necessary changes here. While the fort had been handed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rs 60 cr for Gobindgarh, Ahluwalia Forts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main gate of Ahluwalia Fort. The Central government has earmarked Rs 50 crore for the preservation and restoration of Gobindgarh Fort, built in 1760, and Rs 10 crore for conservation of the 250-year-old Ahluwalia Fort, near the Golden Temple. While the work on the Ahluwalia Fort would be carried out by INTACH, the conservation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign experts to advise on Amritsar conservation</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2007/06/foreign-experts-to-advise-on-amritsar-conservation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Giving further details, Kalha said the government plans to develop sites related to the legendary king of Punjab, Maharaja Ranjit Singh. These places include, Pul Kanjri on the Indo-Pak border, Serai Amanat Khan, samadh of Sham Singh Atariwala and Wagah border. She said the proposed outlay of Rs 150 crore would be spent on developing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heritage conservation a slow show in Amritsar</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2007/06/heritage-conservation-a-slow-show-in-amritsar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While official laxity and politics are being cited as the main reasons for the delay, sources associated with the project say change of guard in the state is also to be blamed. Besides this, sources say lack of coordination between the district administration and the Municipal Corporation was another reason. While the work on digging, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SGPC urged to set up conservation centre to preserve heritage</title>
		<link>http://news.ukpha.org/2007/04/sgpc-urged-to-set-up-conservation-centre-to-preserve-heritage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He also emphasised over preservation of cultural villages like Bhakna, Kotla Sultan Singh, the native place of Mohammed Rafi. The professor introduced a hitherto unknown name Patthewind (near Jamarai on the west banks of the Beas) which according to him was the native village of Guru Nanak Dev since his father Mehta Kallu belonged to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gobindgarh Fort to get facelift</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2007 08:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fort is likely to be thrown open to the public by the April-end and its phansi ghar (hanging place), keelar gate and prison cells would definitely generate interest. It was Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who initiated the move to hand over the fort to the Punjab government. Presently, whitewashing work and construction of the [...]]]></description>
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