Agra is a Yamuna River adjacent city which is positioned 206 kilometres south of the national capital, 58 kilometres south of Mathura, 125 kilometres north of Gwalior, and 378 kilometres west of the Lucknow – the state capital. The UNESCO World Heritage Site was first mentioned in the Mahābhārata epic,
Month: November 2018
CHANDIGARH: INDIA’S FIRST PLANNED CITY
Bordered by Punjab to the west and Haryana to the east, Greater Chandigarh or Chandigarh capital region includes Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula, Kharar, Kurali, and Zirakpur. Globally acknowledged for its sustainable design, it is one of the early planned cities in post-independent India. Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier had prepared the master
DIBRUGARH: INDIA’S ORIGINAL TEA CITY
AMRITSAR – THE GOLDEN CITY
ALLAHABAD – THE CITY OF PRIME MINISTERS
Allahabad, Illahabad, Prayagraj, or Prayag is widely known as the Prime Minister Capital of India because it has produced seven out of fifteen prime ministers since the time of independence. It is the seventh most populous city in Uttar Pradesh and thirty-eighth in India. Allahabad city lies close to the
BENGALURU – THE SILICON VALLEY OF INDIA
Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka, is the third most populous city and fifth most populous urban agglomeration in India. The megacity is positioned on the Deccan Plateau and has an elevation of over 900 million. Marāthās conquered Bangalore in 1638 and ruled it for almost 50 years. The Mughals then
SHILLONG – THE SCOTLAND OF EAST
BULANDSHAHR’S SHAH JAHAN WAS BURIED AT HIS TAJ
When the Bulandshahr's Taj was making the headlines, Akhilesh Yadav, the former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, called the 83-year-old retired postmaster to Lucknow for a face-to-face meeting. The CM was intended to offer funds from the government to complete the structure and get the marble work done. It was
