the 1st planet to be discovered with telescope by William Herschel in1781 25. The brightest star constellation to be seen from night sky is SIRUS * India has the highest bridge in the world . It is called Bailey Bridge and is located in Ladakh between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayas. It was
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Programmes suiting Ladakh would not suit to that of Kerala or Rajasthan. Even within states we have wide variations. Same is the case with cultures‚ so the acceptance rate of different programmes also varies widely. Like Virginia‚ Montana and California have opted for three
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problems. He has two sisters. He is unmarried. in 1963 Anna Hazare started his career as a driver in the Indian Army. During his 15-year tenure as a soldier‚ he was posted to several states like Sikkim‚ Bhutan‚ Jammu-Kashmir‚ Assam‚ Mizoram‚ Leh and Ladakh and braved challenging weathers. Anna was greatly influenced by Swami Vivekananda’s teachings. Ralegan Siddhi falls in the drought-prone area with a mere 400 to 500 mm of annual rainfall During the month of April and May‚ water tankers were the
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Tibetan culture Tibetan culture developed under the influence of a number of factors. Contact with neighboring countries and cultures- including Nepal‚ India and China–have influenced the development of Tibetan culture‚ but the Himalayan region’s remoteness and inaccessibility have preserved distinct local influences. Buddhism has exerted a particularly strong influence on Tibetan culture since its introduction in the 7th century. Art‚ literature‚ and music all contain elements of the prevailing
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the status of rural tourism in India‚ looking into some initiatives that have already been undertaken‚ both by the Ministry (The Choti Haldwani Project at the foothills of Nainital) and by organisations (NGO ViaDesh‚ Delhi and Himalayan Homestays‚ Ladakh) in different parts of India and the way forward. The paper concentrates on the following major areas: 1) Initiatives undertaken 2) Problems faced while trying to establish such initiatives 3) Infrastructure developed for this purpose 4) The
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CURFEWED NIGHT: BASHARAT PEER‚ RANDOM HOUSE INDIA‚ 2009‚ 239 pp. The Kashmir conflict is not new for the people of the world and more so for a Kashmiri. Yet‚ as the author rightly points out‚ hardly any work exists in the canon of Indian Literature in English about this issue. Basharat Peer‚ in his debut book Curfewed Night‚ sets out to change exactly that. Whether he succeeds or not depends on what the author aspires for; to be a narrator presenting a true and holistic picture of the tragedy
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Features of the seasons in India Given below are the prominent features of the seasons in India in a tabular format: Name of the season Features Winter The winter in India spans the months of December till the beginning of April. The coldest months of the year are January and December. During this period‚ the average temperature is approximately 50-59 °F (10-15 °C) in the northwestern parts of the country. The mercury soars as you move in the direction of the equator‚ and the maximum temperature
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Film: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Cast: Farhan Akhtar‚ Pawan Malhotra‚ Sonam Kapoor‚ Prakash Raj‚ Divya Dutta‚ Art Malik‚ Yograj Singh Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Certification: U/A Rating: *** As Milkha Singh walks into Rome’s 1960 Olympic stadium for the 400m final and soaks in the atmosphere of the roaring crowd‚ with a little help from the background score‚ the energy is instantly contagious. The epic race is what Indians remember him by (now of course there is this film). What a dampener
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Another case in point is precipitation. While precipitation is mostly in the form of snowfall in the upper parts of the Himalayas‚ it rains over the rest of the country. The annual precipitation varies from over 400 cm in Meghalaya to less than 10 cm in Ladakh and western Rajasthan. Most parts of the country receive rainfall from June to September‚ but some parts like the Tamil Nadu coast get most of their rain during October and November. Discuss the mechanism of monsoons. During summer‚ a low-pressure
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Himalayan Rivers. They flow through the plateaus and low hills and hence‚ they are not as fast flowing as the Himalayan rivers. The Himalayan Rivers The Indus River System Originates from Lake Mansarovar in Tibet and enters India through Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir. The Zaskar‚ the Nubhra‚ the Shyok and the Hunza join the Indus in Kashmir. The Satluj‚ the Ravi‚ the Chenab‚ the Beas and the Jhelum together join Indus at Mithankot in Pakistan. Indus merges with the Arabian Sea near
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