The Train Has Reached Amritsar The Train Has Reached Amritsar The Train Has Reached Amritsar (Hindi original: "Amritsar Aa Gaya Hai") is a short story by Hindi author and playwright, Bhisham Sahni set during the Partition of India. In the story a group of refugees are travelling from what has now become Pakistan towards Amritsar, the first border town in India, and the horrors and destruction they witness on the journey. Sahni also wrote his epic novel "Tamas" (Darkness, 1974) around partition, which was later adapted to a television film, by Govind Nihalani. An English translation by Ashok Bhalla, was also part of the anthology,
Sumas-Huntingdon Border Crossing here in 1896. The land surrounding the Sumas-Huntingdon border crossing is so flat that it is prone to frequent flooding. Over the course of its history, the Canada border station at this crossing has sometimes been called "Huntingdon", and sometimes "Abbotsford". Today the Canada Border Services Agency calls this station "Huntingdon-Abbotsford". The Canadian government established a border station at this crossing in 1896, and the US began renting a building for its US Customs officer in 1907. The road through Huntingdon was relocated in 1913, resulting in the Customs office being in a poor location. US Customs built a new