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

 

 

 

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