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, and is the last Indian station on the rail route connecting
Lahore,
Pakistan with the Indian capital
Delhi. Attari village was the native village of Sardar Sham Singh Attariwala, one of the generals in the Army of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.