Thursday, June 26, 2014
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Vehicle count in India: Top 10 cities
Vehicle Count in
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#
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City
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State/ UT
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Ownership of Vehicles per 1000 population
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1
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82
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2
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54
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3
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Panaji
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48
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4
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Chennai
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Tamil Nadu
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43
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5
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Alappuzha
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Kerala
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43
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6
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Shimla
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Himachal Pradesh
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40
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7
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Vadodara
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40
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8
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Cherthala
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Kerala
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37
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9
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Tamil Nadu
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35
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10
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Thiruvananthapuram
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Kerala
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32
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India
There are 32 World Heritage
Sites in India
that are recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) as of 2014. These are places of importance of cultural or
natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established
in 1972. India ’s first two
sites inscribed on the list at the Seventh Session of the World Heritage held
in 1983 were the Agra Fort and the Ajanta
Caves . Over the years, 32 more sites have been inscribed, the latest site inscribed in 2014 Rani ki Vav and the Great Himalyan National Park. Of
these 32 sites, 25 are cultural sites and the other seven are natural sites. A
tentative list of further sites/properties submitted by India for recognition includes 33 sites.
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Sites
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Location
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Year
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1
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1983
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2
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1983
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3
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Uttar
Pradesh
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1983
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4
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Taj
Mahal
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Uttar
Pradesh
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1983
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5
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Odisha
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1984
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6
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Group
of Monuments, Mahabalipuram
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Tamil
Nadu
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1984
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7
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Kaziranga
Wildlife Sanctuary
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1985
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8
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Manas
Wildlife Sanctuary
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1985
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9
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Rajasthan
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1985
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10
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Churches
and Convents of
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1986
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11
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Group
of Monuments, Hampi
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Karnataka
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1986
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12
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Khajuraho
Group of Monuments
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Madhya
Pradesh
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1986
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13
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Fathepur
Sikri
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Uttar
Pradesh
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1986
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14
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Group
of Monuments, Pattadakal
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Karnataka
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1987
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15
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1987
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16
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Great
Living Chola Temples (Thanjavur, Darasuram and Ganggaikonda Cholapuram)
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Tamil
Nadu
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1987
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17
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1987
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18
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Madhya
Pradesh
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1989
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19
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Humayun's
Tmob
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1993
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20
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Qutub
minar and its Monuments
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1993
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21
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Mahabodhi
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2002
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22
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Rock
Shelters of Bhimbetka
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Madhya
Pradesh
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2003
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23
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Champaner-Pavagadh
Archaeological Park
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2004
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24
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Chhatrapati
Shivaji Terminus
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2004
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25
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Nanda
Devi and
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Uttarakhand
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2005
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26
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Red
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2007
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27
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Janta
Mantar, Jaipur
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Rajasthan
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2010
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28
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2012
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29
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Hill
Forts of Rajasthan (Chittorgarh, Kumbhalgarh, Ranthambhore, Amber, Jaislamer,
Gagron)
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Rajasthan
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2013
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30
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Rani
Ki Vav
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2014
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31
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The
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Himachal
Pradesh
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2014
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32
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Mountain Railways of
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1999
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Tamil
Nadu
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2005
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Kalka-Shimla
Railway
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Himachal
Pradesh
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2008
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* à Includes Agasthyamalai Sub-Cluster; Periyar Sub-Cluster; Anamalai Sub-Cluster; Nilgiri Cub-Cluster; Talakaveri Sub-Cluster; Kudermukh Sub-Cluster and Sahyadri Sub-Cluster.
Western Ghats also known as the Sahyadri Mountains, a
mountain range along the western side of India and one of the world’s ten "Hottest
biodiversity hotspots". A total of thirty nine properties (including
national parks, wildlife sanctuaries and reserve forests) were designated as
world heritage sites - twenty in the state of Kerala, ten in Karnataka, five in
Tamil Nadu and four in Maharashtra .
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