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unusual facts about Srinagar, Uttarakhand



1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed

Senior IB and police officials, including Ved Marwah, Director General of the National Security Guards, reached Srinagar before dawn the next day.

1991 Uttarkashi earthquake

The 1991 Uttarkashi earthquake occurred on 20 October 1991 in the Uttarkashi and Gharwal regions of the Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Amritanshu Gupta

In the aftermath of the devastating Uttarakhand floods, Gupta helped rescue a family which was stranded there, ensuring that the Uttarakhand Chief Minister himself looked into the matter.

Auden's Col

Returning from Ghuttu : Take public transportation or private jeeps to Guptakashi on Kedarnath National Highway 109, which has quite regular traffic going to Rudraprayag, and further down to Srinagar (Uttarakhand), Rishikesh, and Hridwar.

Badrinath Temple

The Rawal is accorded high holiness status by Garwhal Rifles and also the state governments of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

Bahadur Singh Bohra

He was born in a remote village Rawalkhet, in the Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand and was the youngest among 4 children, with 2 elder sisters and an elder brother.

Buddhism in Kashmir

Kalhana's Rajatarangini mentions that a monumental metallic image of Buddha once stood in Srinagar, which was eventually destroyed by Sikandar Butshikan.

Chota Char Dham

Buoyed by "religious tourism" and by the rise of a conservative Hindu population compelled by sites that speak to the existence of an all-India Hindu culture, the Chota Char Dham has become an important destination for pilgrims from throughout South Asia and the diaspora, particularly Bengalis, Marwaris, Oriyas, Marathis, Gujaratis, Delhites and people from Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.

Dal Lake

Hari Parbat, also known as the Mughal fort, is a hill fort on Sharika hill that provides panoramic views of the Srinagar city and the Dal Lake.

Gawakadal massacre

On January 19, 1990, the night Jagmohan was appointed governor, Indian security forces conducted extensive house-to-house searches in Srinagar, in an effort to find illegal weapons and root out any hidden militants.

That evening, a large group of protesters shouting pro-independence slogans, reached Srinagar's wooden Gawakadal Bridge over the Jhelum River.

Gurney House

Gurney House is a historic building located in Nainital, Uttarakhand, India, and was the residence of hunter-conservationist and writer Jim Corbett.

Hindustan Dainik

They are spread across Delhi, Bihar (Patna, Muzaffarpur, Gaya and Bhagalpur), Jharkhand (Ranchi, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad), Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow, Varanasi, Meerut, Agra, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, Moradabad, Aligarh, and Kanpur) and Uttarakhand (Dehradun, Haridwar, Haldwani).

Hindustan Magazine

Hindustan Bol Raha hai is the title of the first national magazine published from "Dev Bhoomi" Uttarakhand's capital Dehradun.

Jasuben Shilpi

Her sculpture works have been installed in Indian states like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttarakhand.

Julian Rachlin

In 2013, he played at Mughal-era Shalimar Gardens in Srinagar, Kashmir in a concert conducted by Zubin Mehta called Ehsaas-e-Kashmir, playing the third movement of Tchaikovsky's violin concerto.

Kamandalu

In the Sarada legends of Kashmir (based on oral tradition) narrated by Dr Romesh Kumar, it is said that when Ravana was engaged in a war with Rama, goddess Parvati advised Rama to take her to Uttarakhand away from the war scene.

Kashipur

Kashipur, Uttarakhand is a city and a municipal board in Udham Singh Nagar District in the Indian state of Uttarakhand

Kidnap and Ransom

There is a then a flashback to his travels two weeks earlier to Srinagar in Kashmir in India to negotiate the hostage release of a British family.

Ladakh International Film Festival

The second annual LIFF was initially planned for 5–7 July 2013, but was postponed due to flooding in the neighboring state of Uttarakhand.

Land of Gods

Uttarakhand, the 27th State of India, is often referred to as the Land of Gods because it hosts many holy temples and cities which are some of Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship.

Mahsud

They quickly reached Baramulla town, the gateway to the Kashmir valley, but indulged in loot, arson, and murder at Baramulla for several days instead of pressing on to the capital, Srinagar, to seize Kashmir completely.

Majhoi

Majhoi is a village situated beside Srinagar Road 17 kilometers away from the capital of State of Azad Jammu Kashmir.

Mirza Jawan Bakht

The new Mughal Army carried the standard of Mirza Jawan Bakht, and soon controlled a vast territory that stretched from the Satluj Valley in the west to the territories around Allahabad in the east, from Srinagar in the north to Gwalior in the south, however times were troubled and the Mughal Empire was surrounded by enemies on every side.

Nav Sadhana Kala Kendra

The college was founded in July 1996 by the catholic Bishops of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan, to promote Indian culture and music.

Operation Safed Sagar

Flying from the Indian airfields of Srinagar, Avantipur and Adampur, ground attack aircraft MiG-21s, MiG-23s, MiG-27s, Jaguars and the Mirage 2000 struck insurgent positions.Of note, although the MiG-21 is built mainly for air interception with a secondary role of ground attack, it is capable of operating in restricted spaces which was of importance in the Kargil terrain.

Panchacharyas

It is believed that the Panchacharyas arose out of five great Sthavaralingas located in Balehonnur in Karnataka, Ujjini in Karnataka, Kedar in Uttarakhand, Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh, and Kashi or Banaras in Uttar Pradesh under different names in different Yugas.

Pandit Jia Lal Saraf

Pandit Jia Lal Dhar Saraf was a prominent personality of Reshipeer mohalla in Srinagar, Kashmir.

He was the owner of hotel 'Naya Kashmir Hotel' which is right across the Clock Tower (ghantaghar) in Lal Chowk, Srinagar.

Parihar

Populations are found in Rajasthan, Saurashtra - Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar.

Patnitop

Patnitop or Patni Top is a hilltop tourist location in Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir state of India on National Highway 1A 112 km from Jammu on the way from Udhampur to Srinagar.

Polyplex

With its headquarters in NOIDA, adjoining New Delhi the company has four PET Film manufacturing facilities–one in Khatima and one in Bajpur, in the state of Uttarakhand, India, one in Rayong province, Thailand, and one in Tekirdağ, Turkey (owned and operated by Polyplex (Thailand) Public Company Ltd. and Polyplex Europa Polyester Film Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. respectively, its wholly owned subsidiaries).

Pt. G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo, Nainital

G.B. Pant High Altitude Zoo is a high altitude zoo situated in Nainital, Uttarakhand.

Ranichauri

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

Saktigarh

Shaktigarh, town and nagar panchayat in Udham Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand, India

Samant

Samant or Sawad (or Saund, Saud) were the feudal kings of the Doti region, which was formed after the disintegration of Katyuri kingdom of Uttarakhand and far western region of Nepal during the 13th century.

Santosh Trophy 2007–08

The 62nd Santosh Trophy 2008 was held from 25 May to 15 June 2008 in Srinagar & Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir.

Sharada

Sharda River, downstream renaming mainly in Uttar Pradesh of (Maha)Kali River on Nepal's western border with Uttarakhand, India.

Skeleton Lake

Roopkund in Uttarakhand, India, the location of three to six hundred skeletons at the edge of a lake

Sword dance

the Choliya sword dance of the Kumaon region of the hills of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, which started partly due to their long martial tradition and also to give protection to marriage processions.

Tomb of Jesus

Roza Bal in Srinagar, India, a shrine venerated by locals and Ahmadiyya Muslims as the grave of a sage named Yuz Asaf, or "son of Joseph"

Tourism in Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar — the summer capital of the state, set around famous Dal Lake, with its floating houseboats

University Convocation Complex, University of Kashmir

The Complex was constructed by University Construction Division with assistance from Kadiri Consultants, Mumbai and Construction Engineers, Srinagar.

Uttaranchal University

Uttaranchal University is a private university located at Dehradun in Uttarakhand, India.

Yogoda Satsanga Society of India

YSS's headquarters, Yogoda Satsanga Math, is situated in Dakshineswar, in the state of Kolkata with branches in Dwarahat, in the state of Uttarakhand, and Ranchi, in the state of Jharkhand.


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