UNESCO HERITAGE SITES IN INDIA

1) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - UNESCO 

2) UNESCO World Heritage Convention- Established in 1945

3) India accepted the convention in the year 1977

4) At present, there are 40 World Heritage Sites located in India. 

5) Out of these, 32 are cultural, 7 are natural, and 1 is mixed (meeting both cultural and natural criteria)

            1- Mixed-Khangchendzonga National Park,Sikkim

            7- Natural: 

                        Kaeladeo National Park

                        Kaziranga National Park 

                        Manas National Park 

                        Great Himalayan National Park

                        Western Ghats

                        Nanda Devi and Valley of flowers National Park

                        Sunderbans

        32- Cultural- All the others

6)  Maharashtra having highest number of sites (5).

7) India has the sixth largest number of sites in the world with 40 heritage sites.

             (Italy-1st with 58 heritage sites; China- 2nd with 56 heritage sites)

8) The first sites in India -Ajanta Caves, Ellora Caves, Agra Fort, and Taj Mahal- 1983

9) The latest sites in India-

                     39th-   Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana (2021)

                      40th-  Dholavira, Gujarat ( July, 2021)                                

10) 34 sites all over the world were included in 2021(29- Cultural and 5- Natural)

TAMIL NADU(1984 and 1987)

        1) Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram - 1984

        2) Great Living Chola Temples - 1987

KARNATAKA (1986 and 1987)

(Mnemonics: Karnan asked Patta for Hammer)

        1) Group of Monuments at Hampi - 1986

        2) Group of Monuments at Pattadakal - 1987

TELANGANA (2021)

        1) Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple, Telangana -2021

MAHARASHTRA 

(Mnemonics: Maharaja -Shivaji's Victory over 3 Caves(Ajanta, Ellora and Elephanta))

        1) Ajanta Caves -1983

        2) Ellora Caves - 1983

        3) Elephanta Caves -1987

        4) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) -2004

        5) Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai -2018

GOA

        1) Churches and Convents of Goa (1986)

MADHYA PRADESH 

(Mnemonics : Madhiyam(afternoon),Kaanji pona bheem saanjitaaru

                         2003, 1986,1989 -Madhya pradesh )

        1) Khajuraho Group of Monuments (1986)

        2) Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi (1989)

        3) Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka (2003)

RAJASTHAN

(Mnemonics :  Raja asked lady to say Mantra to change Jaipur Hills into pink)

        1) Kaeladeo National Park - 1985 

        2) The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur - 2010

        3) Hill Forts of Rajasthan -2013 

                         Jaisalmer Fort at Jaisalmer
                         Kumbhalgarh Fort at Kumbhalgarh
                         Chittor Fort at Chittorgar
                         Amer Fort at Jaipur
                         Ranthambore Fort at Sawai Madhopur
                         Gagron Fort at Jhalawar

        4) Jaipur City, Rajasthan - 2019

GUJARAT

(Mnemonics: Rat la(Night) Rani went to Ahamadabad, So Paavam..Her Thol(Skin) was injured)

        1) Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park -2004

        2) Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) - 2014

        3) Historic City of Ahmadabad -2017

        4) Dholavira: a Harappan City - 2021

HIMACHAL PRADESH

        1) Great Himalayan National Park, Kullu - 2014

CHANDIGARH

        1) The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier- 2016

UTTARKHAND 

        1) Nanda Devi and Valley of flowers National Park- 1988, Extension- 2005

DELHI

        1) Humayun's Tomb, Delhi -1993

        2) Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi -1993

        3) Red Fort-2007

UTTAR PRADESH (1983 and 1986)

        1) Agra Fort (1983)

        2) Taj Mahal (1983)

        3) Fatehpur Sikri (1986)

BIHAR

        1) Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya (2002)

        2) Nalanda Mahavihara at Nalanda, Bihar (2016)

ASSAM

        1) Kaziranga National Park -1985

        2) Manas National Park - 1985

WEST BENGAL

        1) Sundarbans National Park - 1987

ODISHA

        1) Sun Temple, Konark -1984

SIKKIM

        1) Khangchendzonga National Park- 2016 (MIXED)

WESTERN GHATS - 2012

        1) Agasthiyar Malai- Kerala-   Border of Kerala and Tamil Nadu 

        2) Periyar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (PNP)- Kerala

        3) Anaimalais or Anamala, also known as the Elephant Mountains-Kerala

        4) Nilgiri Mountains - Tamil Nadu

        5) Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary Karnataka

        6) Kudremukha- Karnataka

        7) Sahyadri Mountain range- Maharashtra

Mountain Railways of India (1999,2005,2008)

        1) Darjeeling Himalayan Railway- 1999

        

        2)  Nilgiri Mountain Railway - 2005

        3) Kalka–Shimla railway - 2008

SUMMARY

				2021 (2)   Ramappa,   Dholavira
		2002 Mahabodhi	2012 Western Ghats
1983 (4) Ajanta, Ellora, Agra Fort Taj Mahal	1993 Humayun's Tomb, Qutb Minar	2003 Bhimbetka	2013 Hills of Rajasthan Great Himalayan NP
1984 (2) Konark, Mahabalipuram		2004  Champaner-Pavagadh, Shivaji Terminus	2014 (2) Rani ke Vav
1985(3) Manas, Kaziranga Kaeladeo
1986 (4) Hampi, Goa-churches Khajuraho, Fatehpur Sikri			2016 (3) Khangchendzonga, Nalanda, Le Corbusier
1987 (4) Chola Temples, Pattadakal, Elephanta caves, Sundarbans		2007 Red Fort	2017 Ahmadebad
1988 Nanda Devi		2008	2018  Victorian Gothic
1989  Sanchi	1999 Mountain Railways of India		2019 Jaipur
		2010 Jantar Mantar