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Tissot Watch

Tissot is a luxury Swiss watchmaking company founded in Le Locle, Switzerland by Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son Charles-Émile Tissot in 1853. Tissot introduced the first mass-produced pocket watch as well as the first pocket watch with two time zones in 1853 and the first anti-magnetic watch in 1929–30. The Tissot company was also the first to make watches out of plastic, stone, mother of pearl and wood.

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Tissot merged with the Omega watch making family in 1930 and Tissot-Omega watches from this era are sought after by collectors. Tissot is an official timekeeper for the world championships in cycling, motorcycling, fencing and ice hockey and was used for the Davis Cup in 1957 and Downhill Skiing in Switzerland in 1938. Tissot was also a key Sponsor for the Formula one teams Lotus, Renault and Sauber.

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Bell & Ross Watch

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Bell & Ross is a luxury French watch company headed by the French and Swiss designer Bruno Belamich and businessman Carlos A. Rosillo. The brand was launched in 1992. The first watches were designed by Belamich and Rosillo and made by a German watchmaker Sinn. Watches such as the BR Instrument have been designed to replicate the shape of a cockpit instrument taken from an aircraft.

Bell & Ross’s first watches were virtual re-issues of Sinn models and carried the Bell & Ross logo as well as Sinn’s. The partnership ended in 2002, when Bell & Ross began its own independent production in its facilities La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. The aesthetic appeal of Bell & Ross is mirrored in its four design principles, namely optimal water resistance, highly accurate Swiss mechanical movements like the ETA Valjoux, clear visual indicators, such as those found on aircraft instrument panels and special functions intended for specific uses.

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Louis George Watch

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LOUIS GEORGE is a German watch brand based at Berlin, Germany. The brand name refers to the Berlin master watchmaker Louis George who became the ‘watchmaker to King’ Frederick the Great of Prussia on 26 December 1769. Louis George provided clocks, watches and instruments to 3 generations of kings of Prussia and other sovereigns all over Europe including France. He had business relations to Swiss watchmakers like Pierre Jaquet-Droz and Jean-Frederick Leschot.

The brand was re-established in 2009 at Berlin, Germany. Modern LOUIS GEORGE watches are made from precious metals only. Nearly all the applied crafts and techniques are more or less can be called antique techniques – like fire enameling, original guilloche engraving or manual master engraving, manual gem setting. Some models will be limited to 25 watches only. LOUIS GEORGE is producing mechanical watches only.

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MetaWatch

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The MetaWatch is brand name of smartwatches developed by Meta Watch, Ltd. Strata MetaWatch and Frame MetaWatch are digital smartwatches released in 2012 funded by raising money via the crowd funding platform Kickstarter. First generation of MetaWatch watches was released as a development system in September 2011.

Two models were sold – analog with OLED displays and fully digital. Both are provided with clip for charging, flashing and debugging. For wireless connection Bluetooth 2.1 is used via TI CC2560 module. Second generation have dual Bluetooth 4.0, KXTI9 accelerometer instead of KXTF9, larger battery. Second generation watches are sold under names Strata (model code SW12-1) and Frame (model code SW12-2). Strata has Water Resistant Mark 5 and Frame has Water Resistant Mark 3.

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Pulsar Watch

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Pulsar is a brand of watch and a division of Seiko Watch Corporation of America (SCA). While Pulsar was the world’s first electronic digital watch, today Pulsar watches are usually analog. They generally use the same movements as the lower-end Seikos such as the 7T62 quartz chronograph movement. The first Pulsar was a brand of The Hamilton Watch Company which announced that it was making the watch in early 1970. It was developed jointly by Hamilton and Electro/Data, Inc.

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In the spring of 1972, the first Pulsar watch was marketed by The Hamilton Watch Co. With an 18-carat gold case, the world’s first all-electronic digital watch was also the first to use a digital display – created with light-emitting diodes (LEDs). A button was pressed to display the time. The first Pulsar initially sold for $2100.

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Google Search

Google Search, commonly referred to as Google Web Search or just Google. It is a web search engine owned by Google Inc. It is the most-used search engine on the World Wide Web, handling more than three billion searches each day. As of February 2015 it is the most used search engine in the US with 64.5% market share. The main purpose of Google Search is to hunt for text in publicly accessible documents offered by web servers, as opposed to other data, such as images or data contained in databases. It was originally developed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1997.

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Google Search provides several features beyond searching for words. These include synonyms, weather forecasts, time zones, stock quotes, maps, earthquake data, movie showtimes, airports, home listings and sports scores. There are special features for numbers, dates and some specific forms, including ranges, prices, temperatures, money and measurement unit conversions, calculations, package tracking, patents, area codes and language translation. In June 2011 Google introduced “Google Voice Search” to search for spoken, rather than typed words.

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Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a free-access, free-content Internet encyclopedia, supported and hosted by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Those who can access the site can edit most of its articles with the expectation that they follow the website’s policies. Wikipedia is ranked among the ten most popular websites and constitutes the Internet’s largest and most popular general reference work. Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched Wikipedia on January 15, 2001.

Initially only in English, Wikipedia quickly became multilingual as it developed similar versions in other languages, which differ in content and in editing practices. The English Wikipedia is now one of more than 200 Wikipedias and is the largest with over 4.9 million articles. There is a grand total, including all Wikipedias, of nearly 35 million articles in 288 different languages. As of February 2014, it had 18 billion page views and nearly 500 million unique visitors each month. Globally, Wikipedia had more than 25 million accounts out of which there were about 72,000 active editors as of May 2015.

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Twitter

Twitter is an online social networking service that enables users to send and read short 140-character messages called “tweets”. Registered users can read and post tweets, but unregistered users can only read them. Users access Twitter through the website interface, SMS or mobile device app. Twitter Inc. is based in San Francisco and has more than 25 offices around the world. Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Noah Glass and launched by July 2006. T

he service rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with more than 100 million users who in 2012 posted 340 million tweets per day. The service also handled 1.6 billion search queries per day. In 2013 Twitter was one of the ten most-visited websites and has been described as “the SMS of the Internet”. As of May 2015, Twitter has more than 500 million users, out of which more than 302 million are active users.

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Facebook

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Facebook is an online social networking service headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Its website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg with his Harvard College roommates and fellow students Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. After registering to use the site, users can create a user profile, add other users as “friends”, exchange messages, post status updates and photos, share videos and receive notifications when others update their profiles.

Additionally, users may join common-interest user groups, organized by workplace, school or college, or other characteristics and categorize their friends into lists such as “People From Work” or “Close Friends”. Facebook had over 1.44 billion monthly active users as of March 2015. Because of the large volume of data users submit to the service, Facebook has come under scrutiny for their privacy policies. On July 13, 2015, Facebook became the fastest company in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to reach a market cap of $250 billion.

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YouTube

YouTube is a video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States. The service was created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005. In November 2006, it was bought by Google for US$1.65 billion. YouTube now operates as one of Google’s subsidiaries. The site allows users to upload, view and share videos, and it makes use of WebM, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and Adobe Flash Video technology to display a wide variety of user-generated and corporate media video.

Available content includes video clips, TV clips, music videos and other content such as video blogging, short original videos and educational videos. Unregistered users can watch videos and registered users can upload videos to their channels. Videos considered to contain potentially offensive content are available only to registered users affirming themselves to be at least 18 years old.

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Yahoo!

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Yahoo Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Yahoo was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was incorporated on March 1, 1995. It is globally known for its Web portal, search engine Yahoo! Search and related services, including Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping, video sharing, fantasy sports and its social media website.

It is one of the most popular sites in the United States. According to third-party web analytics providers, Alexa and SimilarWeb, Yahoo! is the highest-read news and media website with over 7 billion readers per month, being the fourth most visited website globally, as of June 2015. According to news sources, roughly 700 million people visit Yahoo websites every month. Yahoo itself claims it attracts “more than half a billion consumers every month in more than 30 languages”.

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eBay

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eBay Inc. is an American multinational corporation and e-commerce company, providing consumer to consumer & business to consumer sales services via Internet. It is headquartered in San Jose, California. eBay was founded by Pierre Omidyar in 1995, and became a notable success story of the dot-com bubble. Today, it is a multi-billion dollar business with operations localized in over thirty countries. The company manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide.

In addition to its auction-style sales, the website has since expanded to include “Buy It Now” shopping, shopping by UPC, ISBN or other kind of SKU (via Half.com), online classified advertisements (via Kijiji or eBay Classifieds), online event ticket trading (via StubHub), online money transfers (via PayPal) and other services. It is a free website, but charges users an invoice fee when sellers have sold or listed any items.

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432 Park Avenue, New York City

432 Park Avenue is a supertall residential project with 104 condominium apartments developed by CIM Group in midtown Manhattan, New York City. At a height of 425.5 m, 432 Park Avenue is the third tallest building in the United States and the tallest residential building in the world. It is the second tallest building in New York City, behind One World Trade Center and ahead of the Empire State Building. When measured by roof height however, 432 Park Avenue is the tallest building in New York City.

Designed by Rafael Viñoly around what is described as “the purest geometric form: the square”. The tower is designed to have eighty-four 3,969-square-foot stories, each with six 100-square-foot windows per face. Interiors are designed by Deborah Burke and the firm Bentel & Bentel. The tower’s condominium units feature high ceilings and will range from a 351-square-foot studio to a six-bedroom, seven-bath penthouse with a library. The building’s amenities will include 12-foot golf training facilities and private dining and screening rooms.

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Princess Tower, Dubai

The Princess Tower is a 101 story, 414 m tall residential only skyscraper located in the Marina district of Dubai, UAE. Princess Tower is currently the world’s second tallest residential only building. It is also the second tallest building in Dubai after the Burj Khalifa.

The tower’s engineering was performed by Syed Majid Hashmi as the Chief Structural Engineer and his deputy manager Mohammad Ali Alogaily. The building comprises 763 units, 957 underground parking bays (spread over six floors) and eight retail outlets.The building was completed and delivered by its developer, Tameer Holdings, in September 2012.

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The Marina Torch, Dubai

The Marina Torch, also known as Dubai Torch, Dubai Torch Tower or just The Torch. It is a supertall residential skyscraper at the Dubai Marina, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The tower was designed by National Engineering Bureau. The tower became the tallest residential building in the world in 2011, then lost the record in 2012 to 23 Marina and subsequent Princess Tower directly across the street. It is 336.1 m tall with 79 floors above ground. It was damaged by fire on February 21, 2015.

It was to have 504 apartments ranging from one to three bedrooms and four duplex apartment suites. The three basement floors and part of the podium were to hold car parking for 536 vehicles, while floors five and six were to contain a swimming pool, health club, gymnasium, cafeteria, aerobic rooms and sit-out cover seal terraces.

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Q1 (Queensland Number One), Queensland

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Q1 (Queensland Number One) is a skyscraper in Surfers Paradise, on the Gold Coast, Queensland. It lost its title as the world’s tallest residential tower to the 348-metre building The Marina Torch in Dubai on 29 April 2011. As of May 2012, it is the sixth-tallest such building. Q1 is the tallest building in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere.

Q1 Tower was designed by SDG & The Buchan Group and its form was inspired by the Sydney 2000 Olympic torch and the Sydney Opera House. The name was given in honour of members of Australia’s Olympic sculling team of the 1920s – Q1. Q1 contains one, two and three bedroom apartments. Building facilities include two lagoon swimming pools, a lap pool, gymnasium, small theatre, a ballroom and a spa centre. Its main point of difference to other high-rise in Surfers Paradise is its glass enclosed sleek look.

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Ocean Heights, Dubai

Ocean Heights is a supertall residential skyscraper in Dubai Marina, Dubai, UAE. The tower stands 310 m tall with 83 floors. The tower is designed by Andrew Bromberg of Aedas. The building was topped-out on 22 December 2009 and completed in 2010. Currently Ocean Heights is the fifth tallest residential building in the world and fourth tallest residential building in Dubai, behind The Marina Torch and HHHR Tower.

The tower with its unique curves and twisting motion as one ascends, is actually the third version of the tower proposed by DAMAC Properties Co. The first version had the tower at a much shorter 38 floors, the second had 50. The 83 floor tower houses more than 519 condominiums and is located along Al Sufouh Road in Dubai Marina.

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahatma applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa. Now it is used worldwide. He is also called Bapu in India. He was born and raised in a Hindu merchant caste family in coastal Gujarat, western India and trained in law at the Inner Temple, London.

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Gandhi famously led Indians in challenging the British-imposed salt tax with the 400 km Dandi Salt March in 1930 and later in calling for the British to Quit India in 1942. He lived modestly in a self-sufficient residential community and wore the traditional Indian dhoti and shawl, woven with yarn hand-spun on a charkha. He ate simple vegetarian food, and also undertook long fasts as a means of both self-purification and social protest. Indians widely describe Gandhi as the father of the nation. His birthday, 2 October, is commemorated as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday and world-wide as the International Day of Nonviolence.

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Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Bal Gangadhar Tilak (Photo Credit: Public Domain)

Bal Gangadhar Tilak (23 July 1856 – 1 August 1920) born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak. He was an Indian nationalist, journalist, teacher, social reformer, lawyer and an independence activist. He was the first leader of the Indian Independence Movement. The British colonial authorities called him “Father of the Indian unrest.” He was also conferred with the honorary title of “Lokmanya”, which literally means “accepted by the people as their leader”. Tilak was one of the first and strongest advocates of “Swaraj” (self-rule) and a strong radical in Indian consciousness.

He is known for his quote in Marathi, “स्वराज्य हा माझा जन्मसिद्ध हक्क आहे आणि ते मी मिळवणारच” (“Swarajya is my birthright and I shall have it!”) in India. Tilak being a strong vocal advocate of Swaraj, did not see eye to eye with Mahatma Gandhi on the means of achieving independence. He was against Gandhi’s policy of Total-ahimsa and advocated to use force wherever necessary.

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Bhagat Singh

Bhagat Singh (Photo Credit: Public Domain)

Bhagat Singh (27/28 September 1907 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian socialist considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement. He is often referred to as “Shaheed Bhagat Singh”. Born into a Sikh family which had earlier been involved in revolutionary activities against the British Raj. Lala Lajpat Rai was killed at the hands of the police. Bhagat Singh wanted revenge for this incidence. He became involved in the murder of the British Police Officer John Saunders. The police tried to capture him. However, Bhagat Singh was successful in avoiding arrest. He made a plan to bomb the Central Legislative Assembly.

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He partnered with Batukeshwar Dutt for this task. He bombarded the assembly with two bombs. They were shouting slogans of revolution and threw pamphlets. After the bombarding, they surrendered. He underwent a 116 day fast in jail and so he did not have food for that long. He did this to demand equal political rights for both British and Indian political prisoners. He was convicted and subsequently hanged for his participation in the murder, aged 23. His legacy prompted youth in India to begin fighting for Indian independence and he continues to be a youth idol in modern India.

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Jawaharlal Nehru

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Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics for much of the 20th century. He emerged as the paramount leader of the Indian independence movement under the tutelage of Mahatma Gandhi and ruled India from its establishment as an independent nation in 1947 until his death in office in 1964. During his lifetime, he was popularly known as Pandit Nehru or as Panditji, while many Indian children knew him as Chacha Nehru.

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Nehru was a graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge and the Inner Temple where he trained to be a barrister. Upon his return to India, he enrolled at the Allahabad High Court and took an interest in national politics which eventually replaced his legal practice. Under Nehru’s leadership, the Congress emerged as a catch-all party, dominating national and state-level politics and winning consecutive elections in 1951, 1957 and 1962. In India, his birthday is celebrated as Children’s Day.

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Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar

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Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956), popularly known as Babasaheb. He was an Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer who inspired the Modern Buddhist Movement and campaigned against social discrimination against Untouchables (Dalits), women and labour. He was Independent India’s first law minister and the principal architect of the Constitution of India. In his early career he was an economist, professor, and lawyer.

His later life was marked by his political activities, where he became involved in the negotiations for India’s independence campaigning by publishing journals advocating political rights and social freedom for Dalits and contributing significantly to the establishment of the state of India. In 1956 he converted to Buddhism, initiating mass conversions of Dalits. In 1990, Ambedkar was posthumously conferred with the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award.  Ambedkar’s legacy includes numerous memorials and depictions in popular culture.

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The Doon School, Uttarakhand

The Doon School is a boys-only independent boarding school in Dehradun, India. It was founded in 1935 by Satish Ranjan Das, a Kolkata lawyer. The school is a member of G20 Schools and Round Square group. Doon houses roughly 500 pupils aged 13 to 18. Admission to the school is based on a competitive entrance examination and an interview.

Every year in January and April, the school admits pupils aged 13 in Grade 7 (known as D-form) and aged 14 in Grade 8 (known as C-form) respectively. Doon has consistently been ranked the best residential school of India by media such as BBC, The Times of India and Outlook. The school follows flexible modular scheduling to educate the students. Sports are compulsory at the school.

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St. Joseph’s School, Darjeeling

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St. Joseph’s School popularly known as North Point. The name North Point came about because the school is situated in that area of Darjeeling. The Kangchenjunga mountain range forms the backdrop to the school, with Grecian columns and cuneiform windows enclosing an eye-catching quadrangle in the centre. The school was opened on 13 February 1888, at Sunny Bank in Darjeeling town.

There had always been a scattering of English, French and German boys, now students from China, Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Thailand and Burma Indonesia started arriving. The North Point academic year is February-November. There is Fraser Hall in PD building and the auditorium as seen from the football ground. The major sports seasons are cricket, football and hockey. According to the EW Survey of Schools, the school is one of the best boarding/residential schools in the country.

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Mayo College, Rajasthan

Mayo College is a boys-only independent boarding school in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India. It was founded in 1875 by Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo who was also the Viceroy of India from 1869 to 1872. The school is one of the oldest public boarding schools of India. Mayo College is considered among the best boarding schools in the world.

The college museum showcases priceless antiques and an armoury section. The museum is considered to have one of the best collections of any school museum in the world. Mayo College has some of the best sporting facilities among the top boarding schools of India. There are facilities for students and staff consisting of playing fields for football, hockey and a cricket ground with a view of the Aravali Hills and an old red sandstone pavilion.

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The Aryan School, Dehradun

The Aryan School is a co-educational independent boarding school in Dehradun, India. Founded in 2001 by Sunny Gupta director of Wheezal Labs. The school offers modern education based on the Vedic principal. The school campus is in the heart of the Dehradun Valley located at Malsi Green area on Mussoorie Road near to Mussoorie diversion. ‘Smart’ classrooms are in place. The school has an auditorium for functions and for movies. Dehradun is known for its beautiful, green and pollution free weather and the school location is perfect as one side there is a lovely wooded hillock and another side the beautiful valley of Dehradun.

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Daly College, Madhya Pradesh

The Daly College, located in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was founded by Sir Henry Daly of the British Indian Army during India’s colonial British Raj. It was then renamed as the East Rajkumar College in 1876, and in 1882, it came to be known as The Daly College. It is one of the oldest co-educational boarding schools in the world.

The school has been a premier educational institute with all modern facilities, now having more than 2,000 students from different walks of the society. It is currently ranked 6th in India while Global Indian International school is ranked 1st in the state – Madhya Pradesh.

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Rani Lakshmi Bai

Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi (19 November 1828 – 17/18 June 1858) was an Indian queen and warrior. She was one of the leaders of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and became for Indian nationalists a symbol of resistance to the rule of the British East India Company in India. Manikarnika was born into a Maratha family at Varanasi.

Manikarnika was one of the great freedom fighter in India. She was married to Raja Gangadhar Rao, the Maharaja of Jhansi in 1842 and became the Rani of Jhansi. After her marriage Manikarnika became Lakshmibai, so named in honour of the goddess Lakshmi.

In 1851, Rani Lakshmibai had a son, Damodar Rao. He died at the age of about four months. On the day before the raja’s death in November 1853, he adopted a son. After the death of her husband the head of the British government of India, Lord Dalhousie, refused to allow her adopted son to become raja and Jhansi was then ruled by the British. She was fighting against British for Jhansi.

She always use or carry her weapons with her. According to tradition with Damodar Rao on her back she jumped on her horse Badal from the fort. They survived but the horse died. In the battle of Kotah ki Serai in which the British forces commanded by Sir Hugh Rose conquered Gwalior, fought on 17 and 18 June 1858, she died.​

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Kasturba Gandhi

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Kasturba Mohandas Gandhi (11 April 1869 – 22 February 1944) was the wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. In association with her husband, Kasturba Gandhi was a political activist fighting for civil rights and Indian independence from the British. She was born to Gokuladas and Vrajkunwerba Kapadia of Porbandar. Kasturba was married to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in an arranged marriage in 1883. Working closely with her husband, Kasturba Gandhi became a political activist fighting for civil rights and Indian independence from the British.

After Gandhi moved to South Africa to practice law, she travelled to South Africa in 1897 to be with her husband. From 1904 to 1914, she was active in the Phoenix Settlement near Durban. During the 1913 protest against working conditions for Indians in South Africa, Kasturba was arrested and sentenced to three months in a hard labour prison. Later, in India, she sometimes took her husband’s place when he was under arrest. In 1915, when Gandhi returned to India to support indigo planters, Kasturba accompanied him. She taught hygiene, discipline, health, reading and writing.

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Sarojini Naidu

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Sarojini Naidu (13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949) also known by the sobriquet as The Nightingale of India. Sarojini Naidu was born in Hyderabad. She was an Indian independence activist and poet. Naidu served as the first governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949. She was the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state. She was the second woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress in 1925. Naidu joined the Indian national movement in the wake of partition of Bengal in 1905. She came into contact with Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Rabindranath Tagore, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Annie Besant, C. P. Ramaswami Iyer, Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.

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During 1915–1918, she travelled to different regions in India delivering lectures on social welfare, women’s empowerment and nationalism. She also helped to establish the Women’s Indian Association (WIA) in 1917. She was sent to London along with Annie Besant, President of WIA, to present the case for the women’s vote to the Joint Select Committee. She played a leading role during the Civil Disobedience Movement and was jailed along with Gandhi and other leaders. In 1942, she was arrested during the “Quit India” movement. Sarojini Naidu died of a heart attack while working in her office in Lucknow on 2 March, 1949.

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Kamala Nehru

Kamala Nehru (Photo Credit: Public Domain)

Kamala Kaul Nehru (1 August 1899 – 28 February 1936) was a freedom fighter, wife of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India and the mother of Indira Gandhi. She was known to be deeply sincere, highly patriotic, serious minded and sensitive. Kamala Nehru was born on 1 August 1899 and brought up in a traditional Kashmiri Brahmin middle-class family of old Delhi. Kamala married Jawaharlal Nehru at the age of 17.

Kamala was involved with the Nehrus in the national movement, that she emerged into the forefront. In the Non Cooperation movement of 1921, she organized groups of women in Allahabad and picketed shops selling foreign cloth and liquor. When her husband was arrested to prevent him delivering a “seditious” public speech, she went in his place to read it out. The British soon realized the threat that Kamala Nehru posed to them and how popular she had become with women’s groups all over India. She was thus arrested on two occasions for involvement in Independence struggle activities. Kamala died from tuberculosis in Lausanne, Switzerland on 28 February 1936.

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Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi And Nicolae Ceauşescu (Photo Credit: FOCR)

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was the fourth Prime Minister of India, the first woman Prime Minister of India and central figure of the Indian National Congress party. Gandhi, who served from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984, is the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of India and the only woman to hold the office. Indira Gandhi was the only child of the first Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. As the Prime Minister of India, Gandhi was known for her political ruthlessness and unprecedented centralisation of power.

She went to war with Pakistan in support of the independence movement and war of independence in East Pakistan, which resulted in an Indian victory and the creation of Bangladesh. Gandhi also presided over a state of emergency from 1975 to 1977 during which she ruled by decree and made lasting changes to the constitution of India. She was killed in 1984 by her Sikh bodyguards a few months after she ordered the storming of the Sikh holy Temple in Amritsar to counter Punjab insurgency. She was also named “Woman of the Millennium” in a poll organised by the BBC in 1999.

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Chiang Rai

Chiang Rai is the northernmost province of Thailand. It is bordered by the Shan State of Myanmar to the north, Bokeo Province of Laos to the east, Phayao to the south, Lampang to the southwest and Chiang Mai to the west. It has a tropical wet and dry climate. Winters are fairly dry and warm. Temperatures rise until April, which is hot with the average daily maximum at 34.9 °C.

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Tourist attractions in or near Chiang Rai are Night Bazaar, Boomerang Adventure Park, Saturday Night Walking Street. Night Bazaar a night market in the middle of downtown of Chiang Rai. Saturday Night Walking Street just north of downtown. There are many more attractions like Doi Tung mountain, Wat Rong Khun temple, Doi Nang Non, Chiang Saen, Wat Phra Kaeo etc.

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Bangkok

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Bangkok is the capital of Thailand. It is one of the world’s top tourist destination city. Bangkok is visited by the majority of international tourists to the country and it has also been named “World’s Best City”. Bangkok is a multi-faceted sights, attractions and city life appeal to diverse groups of tourists. Royal palaces and temples as well as several museums constitute its major historical and cultural tourist attractions. Shopping and dining experiences offer a wide range of choices and prices.

Wat Arun Temple In Bangkok (Photo Credit: Roger W / CC BY-SA 2.0)

Bangkok has several parks and Lumphini park is the largest park in the Bangkok. Among Bangkok’s well-known sights are the Grand Palace and major Buddhist temples, including Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Pho and Wat Arun. Dusit Palace is famous as the world’s largest teak building, while the Jim Thompson House provides an example of traditional Thai architecture. The city is also famous for its dynamic nightlife.

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Ayutthaya

Ayutthaya, Thailand (Photo Credit: Russ Bowling / CC BY 2.0)

Ayutthaya is also called as Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya. It is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Ayutthaya was founded in 1350 by King U-Thong. Ayutthaya became the second capital of Siam after Sukhothai. Ayutthaya is 76 kilometres north of Bangkok and boasts numerous magnificent ruins. Such ruins indicate that Ayutthaya was one of Indo – China’s most prosperous cities.

Grand Palace, Bangkok (Photo Credit: VasenkaPhotography / CC BY 2.0)

There is Ayutthaya Historical Park which is a vast stretch of historical site in the heart of Ayutthaya city. There were three palaces in Ayutthaya: Grand Palace, Chantharakasem Palace or the Front Palace and Wang Lang or the Rear Palace. Ayutthaya is an island at the confluence of three rivers: the Chao Phraya River, the Lopburi River and the Pa Sak River. As the train station is at the east side off the island, most visitors will need to cross the river by ferry boat.

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Sukhothai

Sukhothai Old City (Photo Credit: Guillaume Capron / CC BY-SA 2.0)

Sukhothai is a small city in Lower Northern Thailand, most famous for the ruins of the ancient city Sukhothai. Sukhothai literally means “the dawn of happiness”. The city is a popular tourist destination. The province’s temples and monuments have been restored and Sukhothai Historical Park is an area with numerous sites of historical interest which has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Other interesting places include Ramkhamhaeng National Museum, Ramkhamhaeng National Park, Sri Satchanalai National Park and The Royal Palace and Wat Mahathat. The best time of the year to see Sukhothai is from November to February when the weather is cooler. Other than that you can go any time of the year.

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Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai (Photo Credit: ChiangMai101 / Public Domain)

Chiang Mai is the largest and most culturally significant city in Northern Thailand. Chiang Mai has positioned itself to become a Creative City and is considering applying for Creative City status with UNESCO. Chiang Mai was one of two tourist destinations in Thailand on TripAdvisor’s 2014 list of “25 Best Destinations in the World”, where it stands at number 24.

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Chiang Mai’s historical centre is the walled city. Inside Chiang Mai’s remaining city walls are more than 30 temples dating back to the founding of the principality, in a combination of Burmese, Sri Lankan and Lanna Thai styles, decorated with beautiful wood carvings, Naga staircases, leonine and angelic guardians, gilded umbrellas and pagodas laced with gold filigree. The most famous is Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep, which overlooks the city from a mountainside 13 km away.

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Elizabeth Ekadashi is a 2014 Marathi movie directed by Paresh Mokashi and written by Madhugandha Kulkarni. The movie, which tells the tale of a child and his set of friends living in Pandharpur. It has been selected as the opening film of the Indian Panorama section at the International Film Festival of India, 2014. The film is released on Children’s day, 2014. Elizabeth Ekadashi was well received by the audience across Maharashtra. The film did a business of 2.56 crores in just three days.

Kaaka Muttai

Kaaka Muttai (The Crow’s Egg) is a 2014 Indian Tamil comedy-drama film written, directed and filmed by M. Manikandan. Jointly produced by Dhanush and Vetrimaaran and distributed by Fox Star Studios. Kaaka Muttai’s story revolves around two slum children of Chennai whose desire is to taste a pizza. The film, which has music composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, had its world premiere on 5 September 2014 at the 39th Toronto International Film Festival and was released worldwide on 5 June 2015. It went on to win two National Film Awards at the 2015 ceremony.

Chillar Party

Chillar Party is a 2011 Indian children’s film directed by Nitesh Tiwari and Vikas Bahl and produced by Ronnie Screwvala under the UTV Motion Pictures and Salman Khan under his SKBH Productions (Salman Khan Being Human Productions). The film has a multiple-cast of debuting child-artists particularly named after movies such as, “Silencer”, “Aflatoon”, “Shaolin” etc. Chillar Party won in the 2011 National Film Award for Best Children’s Film. This film is about a gang of innocent but feisty kids who lead carefree lives in Chandan Nagar colony that takes on the big bad world of politics when one of their friend’s life is endangered.

Keshu

Keshu is a 2009 Indian Malayalam children’s film directed by Sivan. The film won by Best Children’s Film award at the 57th National Film Awards. It also won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Children’s Film of 2009. Keshu is a deaf and dumb boy who lost his mother when he was born. He was raised by his maternal uncle and wife. Being mischievous, there were many complaints against Keshu by the villagers. The only person who Keshu could find solace was his distant relative and the maid of the house, Devu. Then, Shalini, a drawing teacher transferred to that village started living with the family and encouraged him to take up drawing and even convinced his uncle. Keshu wins an international award for his painting and become the darling of the whole village.

Putaani Party

Putaani Party (The Kid Gang) is a 2009 Kannada language feature film. Produced by Children’s Film Society, India, the film was shot in a village called Honnapura situated near the town of Dharwad in South India. The film uses local actors, most of them first timers who are new to the medium of films. This film has been scripted and directed by Ramchandra PN. His earlier film Suddha had won the best Indian film at the Osian’s Cinefan Festival of Asian Films, New Delhi, 2007. Putaani Party is his second feature film and his first in Kannada language. The film has won the Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) for the 57th National Film Award for Best Children’s Film for the year 2009 constituted by the Government of India.

Care of Footpath

Care of Footpath is the first film produced by the Kiran Movie Makers of Bangalore, India. It was directed by the world’s youngest film director, Guinness Record Holder Kishan Shrikanth. This film was originally shot in the Kannada language. It was dubbed into other Indian languages including Hindi, Oriya, Malayalam, Bengali and Tamil as well as English. The film was released in 2006 with a running time of 135 minutes. It received the Best Children’s Film Award at the 54th National Film Awards. The story tells how slum boy battles the odds of his circumstances to get an education.

The Blue Umbrella

The Blue Umbrella (Chatri Chor) is a 2005 Indian drama film based on the novel, The Blue Umbrella, by Ruskin Bond and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. It starred Shreya Sharma and Pankaj Kapur in lead roles. The music was by Bhardwaj and lyrics were penned by Gulzar. The film won the National Film Award for Best Children’s Film in 2007. The story is set in a small village near Banikhet, Himachal Pradesh and revolves around a young girl Biniya and village’s only shop owner Nand Kishore Khatri.

Tora

Tora is an Assamese language children’s film directed by Jahnu Barua and produced by the Children’s Film Society, India. The film was released in 2004. The film received the Best Children’s Film award in the 51st National Film Awards for the year 2003. The film centred on two neighboring families in a village in Assam. The two families share a very amicable relation. Tora, the protagonist is a seven-year-old girl with her parents Purna and Jonaki. Naba and Daba are two brothers of the other family with their ailing bedridden mother. One day a dispute arises over a piece of land. Whilst the adults quarrel, Tora’s voice is the only significant factor that can resolve the matter. Jahnu Barua, the director of Tora, dedicated his film on August 19, 2004 to the children killed in the 2004 Dhemaji bombing carried out by ULFA militants on Independence Day.

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Krishna Pushkarani Hampi Ruins (Photo Credit: Dey.sandip / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Group of Monuments at Hampi, Karnataka

Hampi is a village in northern Karnataka, India. It was one of the richest and largest cities in the world during its prime. The name Hampi can also mean “champion”. It is located within the ruins of the city of Vijayanagara. Predating the city of Vijayanagara, it continues to be an important religious centre, housing the Virupaksha Temple as well as several other monuments belonging to the old glorious city. The ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed as the Group of Monuments at Hampi.

Elephant Stables, Hampi (Photo Credit: Arian Zwegers / CC BY 2.0)

According to statistics of 2014, Hampi is the most searched historical place in Karnataka on Google. In around 1500 AD Hampi had about 500,000 inhabitants, making it the second largest city in the world after Peking-Beijing and almost thrice the size of Paris. Hampi is situated on the banks of the Tungabhadra river. The city of Vijayanagara was originally encompassed by seven lines of fortifications. These fortifications had a large number of bastions and gateways. The seventh & the innermost fortification enclosed the main city & is the best preserved.

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Kaziranga National Park, Assam

Kaziranga National Park (Photo Credit: Satish Krishnamurthy / CC BY 2.0)

Kaziranga National Park is an Indian national park and an UNESCO World Heritage Site situated in the Golaghat and Nagaon district of Assam, India. It is a tourist destination and conservation area particularly notable as a refuge for the endangered Indian one-horned rhinoceros, hosting the largest population of wild Indian one-horned Rhinoceros in the world. The park contains significant stock of three other large herbivores – the Asian Elephant, the Asiatic Water Buffalo and the eastern subspecies of the Swamp Deer.

Elephant In Kaziranga National Park (Photo Credit: Chiring chandan / CC BY 3.0)

Kaziranga also has the highest density of tiger in the world and is declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006. Kaziranga is recognized as an Important Bird Area by Birdlife International for conservation of avifaunal species. Compared to other protected areas in India, Kaziranga has achieved notable success in wildlife conservation. Kaziranga is a vast expanse of tall elephant grass, marshland and dense tropical moist broadleaf forests, crisscrossed by four major rivers, including the Brahmaputra and the park includes numerous small bodies of water.

Flooded Grasslands In The Kaziranga National Park (Photo Credit: Peter Andersen / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Manas National Park, Assam

Manas National Park (Photo Credit: Sougata Sinha Roy / CC BY 3.0)

Manas National Park or Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is a National Park, UNESCO Natural World Heritage site, a Project Tiger Reserve, an Elephant Reserve and a Biosphere Reserve in Assam, India. It is located in the Himalayan foothills, it is adjacent with the Royal Manas National Park in Bhutan. The park is known for its rare and endangered endemic wildlife such as the Assam Roofed Turtle, Hispid Hare, Golden Langur and Pygmy Hog. Manas is famous for its population of the Wild water buffalo.

On The Periphery Of Manas National Park (Photo Credit: Chandrashekhar Basumatary / CC BY 2.0)

The Manas National Park was declared a sanctuary on October 1, 1928 with an area of 360 km². It was declared a World Heritage site in December 1985 by UNESCO. Kahitama R.F. the Kokilabari R.F. and the Panbari R.F. were added in the year 1990 to form the Manas National Park. In 1992, UNESCO declared it as a world heritage site in danger due to heavy poaching and terrorist activities. In 25 February 2008 the area was increased to 950 km². On 21 June 2011, it was removed from the List of World Heritage in Danger and was commended for its efforts in preservation.

A View Of Mountains From The Park (Photo Credit: Chandrashekhar Basumatary / CC BY 2.0)

Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya, Bihar

Mahabodhi Temple With Monks (Photo Credit: Evan Lovely / CC BY 2.0)

The Mahabodhi Temple, Literally meaning is “Great Awakening Temple”. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is a Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, marking the location where Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment. Bodh Gaya is located about 96 km from Patna, Bihar state, India. The complex was primarily a Mahayana site. The Bodhi tree at Bodhgaya is directly connected to the life of the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, who attained enlightenment or perfect insight when he was meditating under it. The temple was build directly to the east of the Bodhi tree.

Golden Buddha In Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya (Photo Credit: Ken Wieland / CC BY-SA 2.0)

About 200 years after the Buddha attained Enlightenment, Buddhist Emperor Asoka visited Bodh Gaya in order to establish a monastery and shrine on the holy site. Mahabodhi Temple is constructed of brick and is one of the oldest brick structures to have survived in eastern India. It is considered to be a fine example of Indian brickwork. According UNESCO, “the present temple is one of the earliest and most imposing structures built entirely in brick from Gupta period”. In June 2002, the Mahabodhi Temple became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Sun Temple at Konark, Odisha

A View From The Temple Entrance (Photo Credit: Santosh.pati / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century Sun Temple at Konark, in Odisha, India. It is believed that the temple was built by king Narasimhadeva I of Eastern Ganga Dynasty around AD 1250. The temple is in the shape of a gigantic chariot with elaborately carved stone wheels, pillars and walls. A major part of the structure is now in ruins. The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is also featured on NDTV’s list of Seven Wonders of India and Times of India’s list of Seven Wonders of India. The name Konark derives from the combination of the Sanskrit words, Kona (corner) and Arka (sun), in reference to the temple which was dedicated to the Sun god Surya.

Dance Pavilion (Nata Mandir) In Sun Temple (Photo Credit: Bernard Gagnon / CC BY-SA 1.0)

The temple was originally built at the mouth of the river Chandrabhaga, but the waterline has receded since then. The temple has been built in the form of a giant ornamented chariot of the Sun god, Surya. It has twelve pairs of elaborately carved stone wheels which are 3 meters wide and is pulled by a set of seven horses. The temple follows the traditional style of Kalinga architecture. The Konark temple is also known for its erotic sculptures of maithunas.

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Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, Gujarat

Panch Mahuda Ki Masjid (Photo Credit: Dipesh Bhatt / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is located in Panchmahal district in Gujarat, India. It is located around the historical city of Champaner. The heritage site is studded with forts with bastions starting from the hills of Pavagadh and extending into the city of Champaner. The park’s landscape includes archaeological, historic and living cultural heritage monuments such as chalcolithic sites, a hill fortress of an early Hindu capital and remains of the 16th-century capital of the state of Gujarat.

Sahar Ki Masjid, Champaner, Gujarat (Photo Credit: Digishagautam / CC BY-SA 3.0)

The Champaner-Pavagadh heritage site is spread over an area of more than 1,329 hectares. There are palaces, entrance gates and arches, mosques, tombs and temples, residential complexes, agricultural structures and water installations such as stepwells and tanks. The transition between Hindu and Muslim culture and architecture in the late 15th to early 16th century is documented in the park, particularly the early Islamic and pre-Mughal city that has remained without any change. It was inscribed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2004.

Jami Masjid, Champaner , Gujarat (Photo Credit: Shravani / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Group of Monuments at Pattadakal, Karnataka

Monuments At Pattadakal (Photo Credit: Nithin bolar k / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Pattadakal also spelled Pattadakalu is a World Heritage site. It is a village and an important tourist centre in the state of Karnataka and is located on the left bank of the Malaprabha River in Bagalkot district. It is 22 km from Badami and about 10 km from Aihole, both of which are well known for Chalukya monuments. The Pre-Chalukya historical and Archaeological site Bachinagudda is also near Pattadakal. There are ten temples at Pattadakal, including a Jain sanctuary surrounded by numerous small shrines and plinths in fusion of various Indian architectural styles.

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UNESCO in 1987 included Pattadakal in its list of World Heritage sites. The group of 8th century monuments in Pattadakal are the culmination of the earliest experiments in the vesara style of Hindu temple architecture. The town displays both Dravidian (Southern) and the Nagara (Northern) styles of temple architecture. There are groups of monuments – Virupaksha Temple, Sangameshvara Temple, Chandrashekhara temple, Mallikarjuna Temple, Kashivisvanatha Temple, Galganatha temple, Jain Temple etc.

Virupaksha Temple At Pattadakal (Photo Credit: Dineshkannambadi / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh

The Great Stupa At Sanchi (Photo Credit: Jean-Pierre Dalbéra / CC BY 2.0)

The Buddhist vihara at Sanchi is a famous for its Great Stupa. It is located at Sanchi Town in Madhya Pradesh, India. The Great Stupa at Sanchi is the oldest stone structure in India and it was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka the Great in the 3rd century BCE.

The construction work of this stupa was overseen by Ashoka’s wife, Devi herself, who was the daughter of a merchant of Vidisha. Sanchi was also her birthplace as well as the venue of her and Ashoka’s wedding. Today, around fifty monuments remain on the hill of Sanchi, including three stupas and several temples. The monuments have been listed among the UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1989.

Group Of Smaller Stupas At Sanchi (Photo Credit: Nandanupadhyay / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Keoladeo National Park, Rajasthan

A View Of The Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary (Photo Credit: Anupom sarmah / CC BY-SA 4.0)

The Keoladeo National Park is formerly known as the Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary in Bharatpur Indian state of Rajasthan. It is a famous avifauna sanctuary that plays host to thousands of birds especially during the winter season. Over 230 species of birds are known to have made the National Park their home. It is also a major tourist centre with scores of ornithologists arriving here in the hibernal season. It was declared a protected sanctuary in 1971. In 1985, the Park was declared a World Heritage Site under the world Heritage Convention. The sanctuary was created 250 years ago and is named after a Keoladeo (Shiva) temple within its boundaries.

Eurasian Spoonbill (Photo Credit: Anupom sarmah / CC BY-SA 4.0)

Every year thousands of migratory waterfowl visit the park for wintering breeding etc. The Sanctuary is one of the richest bird areas in the world. It is known for nesting of its resident birds and visiting migratory birds including water birds. The rare Siberian cranes used to winter in this park but this central population of Siberian cranes is now extinct. According to Sir Peter Scott Keoladeo Sanctuary is the world’s best bird area.

Keoladeu National Park (Photo Credit: Anupom sarmah / CC BY-SA 4.0)

Jantar Mantar at Jaipur, Rajasthan

Jantar Mantar Observatory (Photo Credit: McKay Savage / CC BY 2.0)

The Jantar Mantar monument of Jaipur, Rajasthan is a collection of 19th architectural astronomical instruments. It built by the Rajput king Sawai Jai Singh and completed in 1738 CE. It features the world’s largest stone sundial and is a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is located near City Palace and Hawa Mahal of Jaipur. Jantar Mantar is managed under the Archeological Sites and Monuments Act of Rajasthan since 1961 and protected as a National Monument of Rajasthan since 1968.

Jantar Mantar (Photo Credit: Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0)

The monument features instruments operating in each of the three main classical celestial coordinate systems: the horizon-zenith local system, the equatorial system and the ecliptic system. The monument was damaged in the 19th century. The word jantar mantar originally meant Yantra Mantra that is instrument and power which later in the local language started to be called jantar mantar.

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Great Living Chola Temples at Darasuram, Tamil Nadu

Brihadeeswarar Temple Near To Sunset (Photo Credit: Raj / CC BY 2.0)

The Great Living Chola Temples are temples built during the Chola rule in the south of India. These temples are the Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur, the Temple of Gangaikonda Cholapuram and the Airavatesvara Temple at Darasuram. The Brihadisvara Temple was declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1987. The site is now known as the “Great Living Chola Temples”.

Airavatesvara Temple Entrance (Photo Credit: Supraja kannan / CC BY-SA 4.0)

There are four criteria for being “Great Living Chola Temples”:
Criterion (i): The three Chola temples of Southern India represent an outstanding creative achievement in the architectural conception of the pure form of the dravida type of temple.
Criterion (ii): The Brihadisvara Temple at Thanjavur became the first great example of the Chola temples, followed by a development of which the other two properties also bear witness.
Criterion (iii): The three Great Chola Temples are an exceptional and the most outstanding testimony to the development of the architecture of the Chola Empire and the Tamil civilisation in Southern India.
Criterion (iv): The Great Chola temples at Thanjavur at Gangaikondacholapuram and Darasuram are outstanding examples of the architecture and the representation of the Chola ideology.

Gangaikonda Cholapuram (Photo Credit: Kasiarunachalam / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Mountain Railways of India

Railway On Batasia Loop (Photo Credit: A.M.Hurrell / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Mountain railways of India are the six or seven lines. It built during the 19th and early 20th century of British colonial rule. These lines have been running since then. Today the Indian Railways runs them, along with the Kashmir Railway since 2005. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway in 1999, the Nilgiri Mountain Railway in 2005 and the Kalka–Shimla Railway in 2008 have collectively been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Nilgiri Mountain Railway (Photo Credit: Nsmohan / CC BY-SA 4.0)

These lines connect important hill resorts with the foot hills, winding their way up through rugged yet scenic mountainous landscape. The three together have been titled as “Mountain Railways of India” under Criteria : ii, iv under the region in the Asia-Pacific. Bilaspur-Mandi-Leh Railway is expected to become the highest railway track in the world by its completion overtaking the current record of China’s Qinghai-Tibet Railway.

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Western Ghats

Western Ghat (Photo Credit: Cj.samson / GFDL)

The Western Ghats or Sahyadri are a mountain range that runs almost parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula, located entirely in India. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the eight “hottest hotspots” of biological diversity in the world. It is sometimes called the Great Escarpment of India. The range starts near the border of Gujarat and Maharashtra, south of the Tapti river and runs approximately 1,600 km through the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu ending at Kanyakumari at the southern tip of India.

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The Western Ghats form one of the four watersheds of India, include the Godavari, Tungabhadra River, Krishna and Kaveri. In 2006, India applied to the UNESCO MAB for the Western Ghats to be listed as a protected World Heritage Site. In 2012, 39 places are declared as World Heritage Sites.

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Rani ki vav at Patan, Gujarat

Rani Ki Vav (Photo Credit: Bernard Gagnon / CC BY-SA 1.0)

Rani ki vav is an intricately constructed stepwell situated in the town of Patan in Gujarat, India. It was added to the list of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites on 22 June 2014. Rani ki vav (Queen’s step well) was constructed during the rule of the Solanki dynasty. The stepwell was later flooded by the nearby Saraswati River and silted over until the late 1980’s.

Beautiful Stone Carving, Side Walls Of Step Well (Photo Credit: Harsh Patel / CC BY-SA 3.0)

When it was excavated by the Archeological Survey of India, the carvings were found in pristine condition. This magnificent east-facing step well measures approximately 64m long, 20m wide & 27m deep. A stepped corridor compartmented at regular intervals pillared multistory pavilions is a unique feature. It was one of the largest and the most sumptuous structures of its type. It became silted up and much of it is not visible now, except for some rows of sculptured panels in the circular part of the well. Among its ruins one pillar still stands which is an excellent example of this period of design.

Rani Ki Vav (Photo Credit: Bernard Gagnon / CC BY-SA 1.0)

Great Himalayan National Park, Himachal Pradesh

Dhauladhar Ranges In The Background (Photo Credit: J.M.Garg / CC BY-SA 3.0)

The Great Himalayan National Park is one of India’s national parks. It is located in Kullu region in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The park was established in 1984 and is spread over an area of 1,171 km2. The Great Himalayan National Park is a habitat to numerous flora and more than 375 fauna species, including approximately 31 mammals, 181 birds, 3 reptiles, 9 amphibians, 11 annelids, 17 mollusks and 127 insects. They are protected under the strict guidelines of the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. Hence any sort of hunting is not permitted.

In June 2014, the Great Himalayan National Park was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. The UNESCO World Heritage Site Committee granted the status to the park under the criteria of “exceptional natural beauty and conservation of biological diversity”.

Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger Rufilatus In Kullu (Photo Credit: J.M.Garg / CC BY-SA 3.0)

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Pangong Tso Lake

Pangong Tso is an endorheic lake in the Himalayas. It is 134 km long and extends from India to Tibet. Approximately 60% of the length of the lake lies in Tibet. The lake is 5 km wide at its broadest point. During winter the lake freezes completely, despite being saline water. It is not part of Indus river basin area and geographically a separate land locked river basin. The brackish water of the lake has very low micro-vegetation. Guides report that there are no fish or other aquatic life in the lake, except for some small crustaceans.

Pangong Tso Lake (Photo Credit: Sarah Zezulka / CC BY-SA 3.0)

The lake acts as an important breeding ground for a variety of birds including a number of migratory birds. During summer, the Bar-headed goose and Brahmini ducks are commonly seen here. Pangong Tso can be reached in a five-hour drive from Leh, most of it on a rough and dramatic mountain road. For security reasons, India does not permit boating. Here climax scene of 3 Idiots film and many film songs were shot.

Pangong Tso Lake (Photo Credit: Karunakar Rayker / CC BY 2.0)

Sambhar Salt Lake

Sambhar Lake Sunset Scene (Photo Credit: Nawanshu91 / CC BY-SA 3.0)

The Sambhar Salt Lake, India’s largest inland salt lake. A bowl shape lake encircles historical Sambhar Lake Town located 96 km south west of the city of Jaipur and 64 km north east of Ajmer along National Highway 8 in Rajasthan. The Indian epic Mahabharata mentions the Sambhar lake as part of the kingdom of the demon king Brishparva, as the place where his priest Sukracharya lived and as the place where the marriage between his daughter, Devayani and King Yayati took place. It occupies an area of 190 to 230 square km, based on the season.

Sambhar Lake (Photo Credit: Vipul Mathur / CC BY 2.0)

It is located in Nagaur and Jaipur districts and it also borders the Ajmer district. The Sambhar lake basin is divided by a 5.1 km long dam made of sand stone. The lake produces 196,000 tonnes of clean salt every year, which equates to around 9% of India’s salt production. Salt is produced by evaporation process of brine and is mostly managed by Shambar Salts Ltd.(SSL), a joint venture of the Hindustan Salts Ltd. and the state government.

Sambhar Lake (Photo Credit: Nawanshu91 / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Pichola Lake

Pichola Lake In Udaipur (Photo Credit: Uri Sittan Tripo / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Pichola Lake situated in Udaipur city in Rajasthan. It is an artificial fresh water lake and created in the year 1362 AD. The named of lake after the nearby Picholi village. The lakes around Udaipur were primarily created by building dams to meet the drinking water and irrigation needs of the city and its neighborhood. Two islands, Jag Niwas and Jag Mandir are located within Pichola Lake and have been developed with several palaces to provide views of the lake.

City Palace Of Udaipur Beside The Lake (Photo Credit: tommy / CC BY-SA 2.0)

The lake’s surroundings and the several islands within the lake have been developed over the centuries with palaces, marble temples, family mansions, bathing ghats or chabutaras. Some of the famous ones are the Lake Palace (now converted into a heritage hotel) in the middle of the lake also called the Pichola Palace. At several locations where the lake narrows, ornamental arch bridges have been built to span the waterway between the banks.

Lake Palace Hotel In Pichola Lake (Photo Credit: Dennis Jarvis / CC BY-SA 2.0)

Suraj Tal Lake

Suraj Tal Lake (Photo Credit: Ajay Panachickal / CC BY-SA 2.0)

Suraj Tal Lake also called Surya taal. The lake is a sacred body of water, literally means the Lake of the Sun God and lies just below the Bara-lacha-la pass in the Lahaul and Spiti valley of Himachal Pradesh state in India. It is the third highest lake in India and the 21st-highest in the world. Suraj Tal Lake is the source of Bhaga River.

Lahaul Spiti valley is common a destination for Indian and foreign tourists for road trips, trekking and motorcycling which cover the Lake and the Bara-lacha-la pass, en route from Manali to Leh. Trekking tours are a common feature in Lahaul and Spiti valley. One such trek route is the Zingzingbar–Suraj Tal–Bara-lacha-la, which involves trek along the Bhaga River for 3 km, cross a bridge to the North bank, then a further climb of 2.5 km from the bridge followed by a steep foot trail up to Suraj Tal.

Suraj Tal Lake (Photo Credit: Anks / CC BY-SA 2.0)

Umiam Lake

Umiam Lake, Meghalaya (Photo Credit: RMehra / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Umiam Lake is a reservoir located in the hills 15 km to the North of Shillong in the state of Meghalaya, India. It was created by damming the Umiam river in the early 1960s. The principal catchment area of the lake and dam is spread over 220 square km. The dam started construction in 1965. The dam has the distinction of being the first Hydel power project in the North-east region of India.

Apart from storing water for electricity generation, the lake also provides a large number of ecosystem services at micro, meso and macro levels. Downstream irrigation, fisheries and drinking water cater to local anthropogenic needs. The lake serves as a major tourist attraction for the state of Meghalaya. It is also a popular destination for water sport and adventure facilities. Tourists visit this spot for kayaking, water cycling, scooting and boating.

Umiam Lake (Photo Credit: Nori Syamsunder Rao / CC BY 2.0)

Tsongmo Lake

Tsongmo Lake (Photo Credit: Ravinder Singh Gill / CC BY-SA 2.0)

Tsongmo Lake or Changu Lake is a glacial lake in the East Sikkim, India. The lake is 40 kilometres away from Gangtok. During the winter season the lake remains frozen. The lake surface reflects different colours with change of seasons. The lake is held in great reverence by the local Sikkimese people. Buddhist monks prognosticated the future of the country after studying the changing colours of the lake.

Tsongmo Lake (Photo Credit: Indrajit Das / CC BY 3.0)

In Bhutia language the name Tsongmo is made of two words ‘Tso’ meaning “lake” and ‘Mgo’ meaning “head” which gives the literal meaning as “source of the lake”. The lake is surrounded by steep mountains which are covered with snow during winter. During summer the snow cover melts and forms the source for the lake. Tourist attractions at the lake site are of joy rides on decorated yaks and mules where eating kiosks offer variety of food and drinks. There is also a small Shiva temple on the bank of the lake.

Tsongmo Lake (Photo Credit: Arup Ghosh / CC BY-SA 4.0)

Pulicat Lake

Pulicat Lake (Photo Credit: Manvendra Bhangui / CC BY 2.0)

Pulicat Lake is the second largest brackish water lake or lagoon in India after Chilika Lake. It straddles the border of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu states on the Coromandal Coast in South India. The lake encompasses the Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary. The barrier island of Sriharikota separates the lake from the Bay of Bengal. The lagoon has rich flora and fauna diversity, which supports active commercial fisheries and a large and varied bird population.

Pulicat Lake (Photo Credit: Lalithamba / CC BY 2.0)

Fishing is the major occupation in the many villages located around the lake. The Tamil Nadu part of the lagoon of 60 sq km area was declared a Bird Sanctuary in October 1980. Every year approximately 15,000 greater flamingos are reported to visit the lake along with pelicans, kingfishers, herons, painted storks, spoonbills and ducks.

Pulicat Lake And Pelican Bird (Photo Credit: McKay Savage / CC BY 2.0)

Pushkar Lake

Pushkar Lake At Evening (Photo Credit: Felipe Skroski / CC BY 2.0)

Pushkar Lake is located in the town of Pushkar in Ajmer district of the Rajasthan. Pushkar Lake is a sacred lake of the Hindus. Pushkar Lake is surrounded by 52 bathing ghats, where pilgrims throng in large numbers to take a sacred bath, especially around Kartik Poornima when the Pushkar Fair is held.  A dip in the sacred lake is believed to cleanse sins and cure skin diseases. Over 500 Hindu temples are situated around the lake precincts.

Pushkar Town Around The Lake (Photo Credit: Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 2.0)

As part of conservation measures, the government is undertaking de-silting, de-weeding, water treatment and afforestation as well as mass awareness programme. The Rajput rulers of Amber, Bundi, Bikaner and Jaisalmer made great efforts to restore the importance of the lake and its surrounding temples. Pushkar Lake, when full, is rich in fish and other aquatic life.

Pushkar Lake At Evening (Photo Credit: Vyacheslav Argenberg / CC BY 2.0)

Manasbal Lake

Manasbal Lake (Photo Credit: Deepak / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Manasbal Lake is located in Safapora area of Ganderbal District in the State of Jammu and Kashmir in India. The name Manasbal is said to be a derivative of the Lake Manasarovar. Lake is encircled by three villages: Jarokbal, Kondabal and Ganderbal and is stated to be the deepest lake in India. The large growth of lotus at the periphery of the lake adds to the beauty of the clear waters of the lake.

The lake is a good place for bird watching as it is one of the largest natural stamping grounds of Aquatic birds in Kashmir. The weather is pleasant in the months of May and August, when the lake offers water skiing sport, which is now becoming an increasingly popular activity in many rivers and lakes in India.

Clear Reflective Water Of Manasbal Lake (Photo Credit: Ankur P / CC BY-SA 2.0)

Hussain Sagar Lake

Hussain Sagar Lake (Photo Credit: Sissssou / CC BY-SA 2.0)

Hussain Sagar is a lake in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. It built by Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali in 1562. It is spread across an area of 5.7 sq km and is fed by River Musi. Maximum depth of the lake is 32 feet. A large monolithic statue of the Gautama Buddha stands in an island in the middle of the lake. There are many attractions around the lake like Lumbini Park is an urban park adjacent to Hussain Sagar. Birla Mandir is a Hindu temple built of white marble on a 280 feet high hillock located to the south of Hussain Sagar.

Hussain Sagar Moon Rise (Photo Credit: Shrichandray / CC BY-SA 4.0)

Sanjeevaiah Park is a public green space and park located to the north of the lake. NTR Gardens is a small urban park adjacent to Hussain Sagar lake. Hussain Sagar lake is a popular spot for sailing. Secretariat buildings, Hyderabad Boat Club on the southern side, Secunderabad Sailing Club, Hotel Marriott on the northern side and Raj Bhavan on the western banks. Eat street is a famous street for outdoor eateries and shops located on the west side of the lake.

Lumbini Park (Photo Credit: TripodStories- AB / CC BY-SA 4.0)

Upper Lake (Bhojtal)

Upper Lake (Photo Credit: Sanyam Bahga / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Upper Lake is a large lake which lies on the Western side of the capital city of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal. It is a major source of drinking water for the residents of the city, serving around 40% of the residents with nearly 30 million imperial gallons of water per day. Bhojtal attracts tourists due to its scenic beauty. India’s first National Sailing Club has been established at the Boat Club on its Eastern side. This club offers various water sports such as kayaking, canoeing, rafting, water skiing, parasailing etc.

Boats In Upper Lake (Photo Credit: Abhishek727 / CC BY-SA 3.0)

A number of operators provide facilities for exciting trips by sail, paddle and motor boats. Van Vihar National Park, situated on the south-eastern side of the lake attracts tourists. The road passing through it has on one side the animals in their natural habitats and on the other hand is the scenic beauty of the lake. The other major attraction close to the lake is the Bhopal Zoo on the bank of the lake. This makes the lake a complete entertainment location for all visitors. The zoo is kept in quite natural way.

Upper Lake (Photo Credit: Chintu rohit / Public Domain)

Nainital Lake

Nainital Lake (Photo Credit: Sujayadhar / CC BY-SA 4.0)

Nainital Lake is a natural freshwater body. It is located the township of Nainital in Uttarakhand, India. Nainital district where the lake is situated is rich in flora and fauna. Generally, carps Mahseer fishes are found in the lake. The imported fish bred in the lake is Mirror carp or Cyprinus carpio. Gambusia affinis also called Mosquitofish have been introduced in the lake as a biocontrol measure to control Mosquito larvae. Nine species of birds and nine species of animals have been recorded in the Nainital district.

There is the Nainital Boat Club that offers yachting facilities at the lake. The Annual Kingfisher Yachting Competition is held here in the third week of June. The Kumaon festival which brings out the local cultures and traditions is organized every year during the winter months of October and November, by the Tourism Department.

Morning View Of Nainital Lake (Photo Credit: Abhishekkaushal / CC BY 3.0)

Nakki Lake

Nakki Lake (Photo Credit: Jmacleantaylor / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Nakki Lake is a lake situated in the Indian hill station of Mount Abu in Aravalli range. According to the Hindu legend, it is a very ancient sacred Lake. It is called by this name because it was dug out from Nails (Nakh). One story is of dug by Gods to live in, for protection against the Bashkali rakshash. The lake is in length of about a half mile and in width about of a quarter of mile and 20 to 30 ft.

It is an important tourist attraction of Mount Abu. There is the Toad Rock on a hill near the lake. Toad rock is so called as it looks like a toad about to jump into the lake from the side of the rock facing the lake. By the side of the lake there is a path leading to Sunset Point. Raghunath Temple and Maharaja Jaipur Palace are also on hills near the Lake. Boating in the lake and horse rides around the lake are available.

Nakki Lake, Mount Abu (Photo Credit: Sanyam Bahga / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Gurudongmar Lake

Gurudongmar Lake (Photo Credit: Dcqec111 / CC BY-SA 3.0)

Gurudongmar Lake is one of the highest lakes in the world. It lies in the district of North Sikkim in Sikkim, only some 5 km south of Chinese border. The lake can be reached by road from Lachen via Thangu. The lake is blessed by the Buddhist saint Guru Rinpoche and is regarded sacred by the Sikkimese.

Gurudongmar lake provides one of the source streams of the Teesta River. The source of Teesta, the Tso Lhamo Lake, lies some 5 km to the east. One can seek permission from the army to trek from Gurudongmar Lake to Tso Lhsmo Lake. The lake remains completely frozen in the winter months from November to Mid-May.

Gurudongmar Lake (Photo Credit: Vickeylepcha / CC BY-SA 4.0)

Dal Lake

Houseboats In Dal Lake (Photo Credit: Prakhar Amba / CC BY 2.0)

Dal Lake is a lake in Srinagar, indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The lake is named the “Jewel in the crown of Kashmir” or “Srinagar’s Jewel”. It is a tourist attraction and an important source for commercial operations in fishing and water plant harvesting. Swimming, boating, snow skiing (particularly when the lake is frozen during the severe winter) and canoeing are amongst some of the water sports activities practised on the lake. The lake has numerous sites and places of interest, many of which are important to the cultural heritage of Srinagar.

Sunset At Dal Lake (Photo Credit: Tony Gladvin George / CC BY 2.0)

Aside from the Shalimar Bagh and Nishat Bagh, some of the other places frequented by tourists are the Shankaracharya temple, the Hari Parbat, the Nagin Lake, the Chashme Shahi, the Hazratbal Shrine and the Mazar-e-Shura cemetery containing the graves of famous Mughal-era poets. Visitors and native alike also enjoy relaxing on the water in a houseboat or a shikara boat, often called “the Gondola of Kashmir”. A famous landmark in Srinagar is an island on Dal Lake where four Chinar trees stand, named “Char Chinar”.

Char Chinar At Dal Lake (Photo Credit: Yong Kian On / CC BY-SA 3.0)

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