The Department students set out for an Educational Tour to Amritsar and Jaipur during the Semester Break in the month of December 10^th 2017. The group consisted of 16 students under the guidance of Professor Yasmin Khan and a tour-guide. 

 On the 10^th December at 8.40 p.m. we started our journey by bus from our College campus to Amguri Railway Station. We reached the Station at 9.50 p.m. and boarded the “Kamrup Express” at 10.23p.m. On the 11^th December we reached Guwahati at 8.30 a.m. and boarded the train, LohitExpres to Amritsar at 4.55 p.m. the same day. We reached our much awaited destination Amritsar with a lot of excitement on a very chilly day on the 13^th December at 11.30 a.m. The hotel manager at Hotel Fairway welcomed us and provided tea and snacks. We were given large and spacious rooms which were shared by three students each, and separate room for the teacher.

We occupied our rooms and freshened up soon to visit the places of historical interest.

At the very first we visited the famous Golden Temple which is not only a central religious place of the Sikhs, but also a symbol of human brotherhood and equality. The entire top of the temple is made of pure gold, adding to the beauty of the temple. To get to the temple, we had to literally walk on water. The temple is surrounded by a manmade lake that boasts of a lot of exotic fish in it. The complex is the most important pilgrimage site in Sikhism and it is also called Darbar Sahib.

The next stop was the Partition Museum which left us overawed with its amazing collection of stories, materials, and documents related to the post-partition riots that followed the division of British India.

This was followed by a visit to JallianwalaBagh, a public garden famous for the massacre of 1919 by the British Army soldiers. We learnt about the historical aspect related to the JallianwalaBagh. It was established in 1951 by the Government of India to commemorate the massacre of peaceful celebrators, including unarmed women and children, by the British occupying forces on the occasion of the Punjabi New Year on April 13, 1919.  The bullet marks on the walls made us feel the gravity of the situation at that time. It is a memorial of national importance.

Our last stop was the Wagah Border, best known for the elaborate ceremony that happens at the border gate, before the sunset every day.  We could feel our patriotic fervor in its full spirit; we clapped and cheered for India. Wagah is the boundary demarcating the territories of India and Pakistan upon the Partition of India.The border ceremony of the flag lowering takes place in the evening which is conducted by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and Pakistan Rangers

On the 15^th morning we left for Jaipur by the Amrisar Ajmer Express and reached our destination at 3.00 p.m.on the 16^th December. Here too, we were given spacious rooms in the hotel, Amber Palace which were shared by us according to our suitability.

We were taken for site seeing to Jantar-Mantar, where we were told about how in ancient days time was predicted and how they studied about stars and planets.  Knowledge about the working of a sundial was an immensely interesting. Next we were taken to ‘City Palace’ where we saw various artifacts, huge silver bowls, decorative vases, etc.which gave knowledge of the local handicrafts. We enjoyed the traditional food at lunchtime.  Next day, early in the morning we went to ‘Amber Fort’ in Jaipur, where we saw the glass room and various artifacts. There were various costumes displayed showcasing royal attire. We also took a short and hurried look of renowned site the HawaMahal. Learning about the Rajput architecture and the entire history of the Rajputs at the Amer Fort boosted our mind with more firsthand knowledge. A view of the Mahals in the eveningwith lights was an out of the world experience.

Next day, 18^th evening we boarded the Bikaneri Express for Guwahati, Assam. We reached Jorhat by bus at 8.00p.m. on the 20^th December.

It is said that, Educational tours are about imparting learning to provide a good base of actual hands-on experience of history, we agree to the saying as we really learnt a lot from the trip.