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11 unusual facts about North India


Bharat Oman Refinery Limited

The products of the refinery are then transported through the 257- km Bina-Kota pipeline where it joins the Mumbai-Manmad-Bijwasan pipeline to reach the markets of North India.

Delhi Stock Exchange Association

The Delhi Stock Exchange is well connected to 50 cities with terminals in North India.

Graceful Prinia

This prinia is a resident breeder in Northeast Africa and Southwest Asia, from Egypt and Somalia east to Pakistan and North India, where it is sometimes called Streaked Wren-Warbler.

Hindu Sansriti Ankh

The terms Hindu Sansriti Ankh is an ancient series of books originally from northern part of India.

Hindu wedding

In North India, the first six circuits are led by the bride, and the final one by the groom.

History of Tripura

This was their most glorious period and their power and fame was even acknowledged by the Mughals, who were their contemporaries in North India.

Tarumitra

In April 1989, four high school student from Loyola High School, Anindo Banerjee, Vijay Mathur, Sanjay Pandey and Jayant Chatterjee set out on a cycle rally in North India from Patna to New Delhi to promote awareness about the environment and the movement.

The Bio-reserve has a rare collection of over 400 vanishing trees and plants of North India.

Theatre in Bangladesh

Through the conquest of Bengal by the Guptas, the culture of ancient Bangladesh assimilated the Aryan culture of the northern India and got heavily influenced by it.

Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute

Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute (earlier known as Government Central Textile Institute), Kanpur is a premier textile institute of North India.

Vishuva Sankranti

Although people of Odisha calculate the month from the next day of Purnima to Purnima, as per the North Indian Purnimanta system, the yearly cycle of the moon is less than 365 days of earth's rotation, and some years also contain Adhika Maasa.


Ajmer Jammu Express

The Ajmer Jammu express train is a daily train departing from Ajmer Junction in Rajasthan to Jammu Tawi Station in the Jammu province in north India.

Basdila

Basdila is one of the oldest villages of district Basti (currently falling under Sant Kabir Nagar district) in Uttar Pradesh in North India.

Beary

There are several documents available which prove that at least 90 years prior to the invasion of Muhammad bin Qasim in North India, Arab Muslim businessmen were thriving in the south.

Chowtal

Chowtal, aside from being the name of a "taal" or meter in Hindustani classical music, is a form of folksong of North India's Bhojpuri region, sung by amateurs during the vernal Phagwa or Holi festival.

Festivals in Kolkata

Dol, corresponding to the North Indian festival of Holi, is celebrated on account of the god Lord Krishna, and is supposedly coincident with the coming of spring.

Jogi Faqir

Like other Muslim communities in North India, they are undergoing social change, and become more orthodox.

Muslim Barhai

The Muslim Barhai, or sometimes pronounced Badhai are Muslim community, found in North India.

Ranichauri

Note that there is a village by the same name of Ranichauri in the North Indian State of Uttarakhand, in Tehri Garhwal district.

Sadhukadi

Sadhukaḍi Bhasa, or Sant Bhasa (Saints' Language) is a vernacular written genre, popular in medieval North India, based on a mixture of Hindustani (Khariboli), Braj Bhasha, Awadhi, Panjabi, Sindhi, Marathi, Rajasthani, etc.

Sneha Khanwalkar

In 2008, she won accolades for her score for the film, Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! for which she travelled through rural North India, especially Haryana, where she visited the Raagini music festival, while researching for films music, eventually she created a hit soundtrack, embellished with Haryanvi musical influences.

University Convocation Complex, University of Kashmir

University of Kashmir's University Convocation Complex (UCC) is one of the largest auditorium facilities not only in the State of Jammu & Kashmir India but in the whole of North India.