Mughals to the English‚ India saw a metamorphosis in each era. People mixed‚ cultures intermingled‚ and each century brought a new India‚ influenced by all‚ yet retaining its old identity. So‚ the whole of India‚ was dotted it temples‚ mosques and churches‚ palaces‚ havelis and forts. The biggest asset of India as a desirable tourist destination is its 5‚000-year-old historical and cultural heritage. Every region in India developed a culture of its own. The culture is a wide term‚ which includes the
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Tourism in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Every year‚ more than 3 million tourists vTaj MahalAgraUttar PradeshTso Moriri LakeLadakhUnion TerritoriesUnited StatesUnited KingdomMaharashtraTamil NaduDelhiUttar PradeshAndhra PradeshTamil Nadu[4]ChennaiDelhiMumbaiAgraChennaiDelhi ranked at 50‚ Mumbai at 57 and Agra at 65.[5] The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2011 ranked the price competitiveness of India’s tourism sector 28th out of 139 countries
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Abu’l-Fath Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar (Hindi: जलालुद्दीन मुहम्मद अकबर‚ Persian: جلال الدین محمد أکبر - Jalāl ud-Dīn Muḥammad Akbar)‚ also known as Shahanshah Akbar-e-Azam (14 October 1542 – 27 October 1605)‚[4][5] was the third Mughal Emperor. He was of Timurid descent; the son of Emperor Humayun‚ and the grandson of the Mughal Emperor Zaheeruddin Muhammad Babur‚ the ruler who founded the Mughal dynasty in India. At the end of his reign in 1605 the Mughal empire covered most of northern and central
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There are some parts of the world that once visited get into your heart and won’t let go. For me India is such a place when I first visited‚ I was stunned by the richness of the land by its lush beauty and exotic architecture by its ability to overload its senses with the pure‚ concentrated intensity of its colors‚ smells‚ tastes and souls. It was as if all my life I was seeing the world in black and white and when brought face-to-face with India‚ experienced every thing rendered in brilliant Technicolor
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Today’s Vasai-Virar area has rapidly changed and starting in the 1980’s‚ the change is brought about by a large influx of people due to availability of more affordable housing than in Mumbai (Bombay). History of Vasai dates back to Puranic ages. The present day name of Vasai originates from Sanskrit‚ Sanskrit word "waas" meaning dwelling or residence. The name was changed to Basai by Muslims who occupied Vasai before the Portuguese. The Portuguese named it Baçaim. The Marathas renamed it Bajipur
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ECOTOURISM Ecotourism is a form of tourism involving visiting fragile‚ pristine‚ and relatively undisturbed natural areas‚ intended as a low-impact and often small scale alternative to standard commercial (mass) tourism. Its purpose may be to educate the traveler‚ to provide funds for ecological conservation‚ to directly benefit the economic development and political empowerment of local communities‚ or to foster respect for different cultures and for human rights. Since the 1980s ecotourism has
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REPUBLIC OF INDIA INTRODUCTION India‚ officially the Republic of India‚ is a country in South Asia‚ and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations‚ the World Trade Organization‚ the South Asian Regional Co-operation Organization and the United Nations. The name India is derived from the River Indus‚ the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu. It is impossible not to be astonished by India. Nowhere on Earth does humanity
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School-I Course: BITS C221 AT CHOWGULE AND CO. LIMITED (SHIPBUILDING DIVISION) GOA A Practice School-I Station of BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE‚ PILANI (11th July‚ 2011) BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE PILANI (RAJASTHAN) Practice School Division BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE PILANI (RAJASTHAN) Practice School Division Station: Chowgule & Company Ltd. “Shipbuilding Division” Centre: GOA Duration: 53 Days Date of Start: 23rd May‚ 2011 Date of Submission: 11th July
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ADVENT OF EUROPEANS In 1453‚ the Turks captured Constantinople and closed the Mediterranian sea route. So the Europeans had to discover a new sea route to Eastern Countries. Dicoveries of 15th and the 16th centuries paved the way ior the Europeans to have trade relations with the Eastern countries‚ particularly with lndia. Portugal and Spain encouraged their navigators to undertake sea voyages. Coming of the Portuguese: The Portugltese were first among the Europeans to discover a sea route
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India is and will always be an enchanting land. This is because like every other country‚ India also has a special and unique aspect for its greatness. Home to the Indus Valley Civilization‚ this magnificent country has rightly showed that minds of the people living here were scientifically a lot developed from the very beginning. To begin with‚ the land of India‚ words are less to describe the marvel of nature’s blessing in this country India has virtually every kind of landscape possible. Naming
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