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Name Image Location Criteria Year Description; Sukur Cultural Landscape: Adamawa. Cultural (iii) (v) (vi) 1999 The Sukur Cultural Landscape, with the Palace of the Hidi (Chief) on a hill dominating the villages below, the terraced fields and their sacred symbols, and the extensive remains of a former flourishing iron industry, is a remarkably intact physical expression of a society and its ...
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Tourism in Nigeria centers largely on events, due to the country's ample amount of ethnic groups, but also includes rainforests, savannah, waterfalls, and other natural attractions. [1] Tourists spent US$2.6 billion in Nigeria in 2015. This dropped to US$1.5 billion in 2017. [2]
Panipat (päː.niː.pɐt̪ ⓘ [5]) is an industrial city, located 95 km north of Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on NH-44 in Panipat district, Haryana, India. It is famous for three major battles fought in 1526 , 1556 and 1761 .
The main building was built in 1527. Emperor Babur of the Timurid dynasty defeated Sultan Ibrahim Lodhi in the first Battle of Panipat in 1526 at Panipat. [2] [5] It was the first conquest of the Mughals over Hindustan. [6] A descendant of Tamerlane, Taimur Lung, built this monument as a show of victory of the Mughals over the Pathan rulers of ...
Apart from a number of schools and colleges, the district is home to many universities. Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology in Murthal was founded in 1987, Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya in Sonipat was founded in 2006 and O. P. Jindal Global University near Rathdhana was founded in 2009. [ 4 ]
It was part of Subah Delhi. When the British took over the area in 1803, it was a part of Delhi territory. In 1819 reorganisation, Panipat, Karnal and Sonipat areas formed part of Panipat district. In 1851 Panipat district was divided into Panipat and Karnal tahsils with headquarters at Panipat and Gharaunda respectively.
Panipat district: Kala Amb Battle of Panipat Obelisk, Commemorating Third battle of Panipat: N-HR-68 Kiwana Kos Minar: Kiwana: Panipat district: Upload Photo: N-HR-69 Manana Kos Minar: Manana, Haryana: Panipat district: Upload Photo: N-HR-70 Bab-e-Faiz gate: Panipat city: Panipat district: Upload Photo: N-HR-71 Kabuli Bagh Mosque with enclosure ...