Tourism in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Every year‚ more than 3 million tourists visit the Taj Mahal in Agra‚ Uttar Pradesh. Tso Moriri Lake‚ Ladakh Tourism in India is a large industry. The World Travel and Tourism Council calculated that tourism generated $121 billion or 6.4% of the nation’s GDP in 2011. It was responsible for 39.3 million jobs‚ 7.9% of its total employment. The GDP of the tourism sector has expanded
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in their esteemed concern in everyday activities of the hotel. And I thank all my friends and team mates who helped me to prepare this report. HISTORY OF BANGALORE Legend goes that king veeraballa of vijayanagara once lost his way in forest hungry and tired‚ he came upon a lone hut in thick forest where he met an old woman. When he asked for food‚ she gave him baked beans (‘Benda Kalu”). The king found this humble meal taste better than the richest fare
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Architecture and Mathematics (Nexus Network Journal) by: Kim Williams [ 3764384433 ] The Unknown City: Contesting Architecture and Social Space by: Iain Borden‚ Joe Kerr‚ Jane Rendell‚ Alicia Pivaro [ 0262523353 ] Architecture and Art of Southern India: Vijayanagara and the Successor States 1350-1750 (The New Cambridge History of India) by: George Michell [ 0521441102 ] Architecture and Nature: Creating the American Landscape by: Sar Bonnemaison [ 0415283582 ] Farnsworth House (Architecture in Detail) by:
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SOUTH INDIA TOUR PROGRAM-MARCH 2009 ITINERARY 07th March 2009: Early Morning arrival 0140 Hrs‚ Traditional Welcome at airport and check into Trident Hotel. After Brunch at 11.00 am and check out and proceed for Chennai city Tour a t 1200 noon. Visit Chennai Museum and Santhom Cathedral Basilica Evening proceed to covelong and check into Taj Fisherman Cove. Dinner at 8.00 pm & overnight stay. Chennai: The Gateway to South India‚ Chennai‚ located along the Coromandel Coast initially grew
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A WARRIOR IS BORN Shivaji Raje Bhosle popularly known as Chhatrapati Shivaji was the son of Shahaji Raje Bhosle and Jijabai. Shivaji ’s birth date has been a matter of controversy but recently a consensus has been reached and is deemed to be 19 February 1630. He was born on Shivneri Fort‚ Junnar‚ 60 kilometres north of Pune and was named Shiva after Goddess Shivai‚ deity of the fort. Shivaji was the fifth son born to Jijabai‚ three of whom had died as infants and only Sambhaji survived. While Shivaji
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Postage stamps and postal history of India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For the states with their own stamps‚ see Stamps and postal history of Indian states. For India Post‚ see Indian Postal Service. [pic] [pic] The first stamp of independent India shows the new Indian Flag. It was meant for foreign correspondence.[1][2] [pic] [pic] The second stamp depicts the Aśokan lions capital‚ the national emblem of India‚ and is for domestic use.[1][2] This is
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Indian Navy From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Indian Navy Bharatiya Nau Sena Indian Navy crest Active Country Branch Size 1947–Present India Navy 58‚350 active personnel 190 aircraft List of active ships Part of Ministry of Defence Indian Armed Forces Headquarters Motto New Delhi शं नो वरुणः Transliteration: Sham NoVarunah (May the Lord of the Oceans be auspicious unto us) Anniversaries Engagements Navy Day: 4 December Portuguese-Indian War Indo-Pakistani War of
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Sanskrit संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam Pronunciation [sə̃skɹ̩t̪əm] Spoken in Greater India Total speakers 14‚135 native speakers in India (2001)[1] Language family Indo-European * Indo-Iranian o Indo-Aryan + Sanskrit Writing system Devanāgarī (de facto)‚ various Brāhmī–based scripts‚ and Latin alphabet Official status Official language in India (Uttarakhand) one of the 22 scheduled languages of India Regulated by No official regulation Language codes
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India’s tribal village first to get rights over its forests [pic] 24 December 2009 A tribal village in western India has been granted the right to cultivate and manage its forest‚ as per the provisions of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest-Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006. For over a decade the villagers have fought against the commercialisation of their land. As climate change negotiators try and figure out how to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest
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CHAPTER -III PANCHAYATI RAJ – A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Contemporary debates on decentralization has revolved around three important issues: issues of historicity‚ 92 issues of expanding democratic spaces‚93 and finally inclusive growth as well as inclusive politics of social categories. These debate have over looked certain historical facts – one‚ it has overlooked the historicity of decentralization particularly in the imagined history of orient‚ and thereby accept the argument that it is a post-colonial
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