Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
India accepted the convention on 14 November 1977, making its sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] There are 43 World Heritage Sites in India. Out of these, 35 are cultural, seven are natural, and one, Khangchendzonga National Park, is of mixed type, listed for both cultural and natural properties. India has the sixth-most sites worldwide.
Kalsi (Kālsī) is a town in Dehradun District, Uttarakhand.It is known for the Rock edicts of Kalsi, a group of major inscriptions by emperor Ashoka.The Kalsi rock contains the Major Rock Edicts 1 to 14.
Canning, West Bengal (after Lord Canning, Governor-General of India (1856–1858), and Governor-General & Viceroy (1858–1862)) Landsdowne, Uttarakhand (after Lord Landsdowne, Viceroy and Governor-General of India (1888–1894) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (The anglicised term of Lakhnau in Hindi) Places in Andaman & Nicobar Islands
The island is a long and slender piece of land located between two parallel rivers: the Brahmaputra to the north and the Burhidihing to the south. Between 1661 and 1696, [7] a series of earthquakes in the 17th century, set the stage for a massive flood in 1750, reshaping the region.
Bharuch was known as Bharutkatccha in ancient times. [9]It was known as Barygaza (Ancient Greek: Βαρύγαζα) [10] (meaning "deep-treasure"), Bargosa [11] etc. for the Greek, and later the Romans adopted the Greek name of this port in Latin as Barigaza in the Latin name of this city.
Place names in India are usually in Indian languages. Other languages include Portuguese, Dutch, English and Arabic. Since Indian Independence, several Indian cities have adopted pre-English names, most notably Chennai (formerly Madras), Mumbai (formerly Bombay), Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), Visakhapatnam (formerly Waltair), and Pune (formerly Poona).
Prayagraj (/ ˈ p r eɪ ə ˌ ɡ r ɑː dʒ, ˈ p r aɪ ə-/; ISO: Prayāgarāja), formerly Allahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. [8] [9] It is the administrative headquarters of the Prayagraj district, the most populous district in the state and 13th most populous district in India and the Prayagraj division.
Delhi, [a] officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India.Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its right bank, Delhi shares borders with the state of Uttar Pradesh in the east and with the state of Haryana in the remaining directions.