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Kargil Chowk
Kargil Chowk is a War memorial. It was established in year 2000, at the North-East corner of Gandhi Maidan, Patna. It is dedicated to the soldiers from Bihar & Jharkhand who had sacrificed their lives in the Kargil War in 1999. List engraved names on Kargil Chowk Following are the martyrs whose names are engraved on Kargil Chowk war memorial. * Major Chandrabhushan Divedi * General Digambar Dixit, Palamu * General Prabhakar Kumar Singh, Bhagalpur * Nayak Ganesh Prasad Yadav, Patna * Lance Naik Rambachan Rai, Vaishali * Lance Naik Vidyanand Singh, Bhojpur * Naik Bishuni Rai, Saran * Naik Subedar Nageshwar Mahato, Ranchi * Naik Neeraj Kumar, Lakhisarai * Naik Sunil Kumar Singh, Muzaffarpur * Havaldar Ratan Kumar Singh, Bhagalpur * Sepoy Hardeo Prasad Singh, Nalanda * Sepoy Rambhu Singh, Siwan * Sepoy Arvind Kumar Pandey, Poorvi Champaran * Sepoy Pramod Kumar, Poorvi Champaran * Sepoy Arvind Kumar Pandey, Poorvi Champaran * Sepoy Raman Kumar Jha, Saharsa * Sepoy Harikrishna Ra ...
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Flag Of India
The national flag of India, Colloquialism, colloquially called Tiraṅgā (the tricolour), is a horizontal rectangular tricolour flag, the colours being of India Saffron (color)#Political & religious uses, saffron, white and Variations of green#India green, India green; with the , a 24-spoke wheel, in navy blue at its centre. It was adopted in its present form during a meeting of the Constituent Assembly of India, Constituent Assembly held on 22 July 1947, and it became the official flag of the Dominion of India, Union of India on 15 August 1947. The flag was subsequently retained as that of the Republic of India. In India, the term "tricolour (flag), tricolour" almost always refers to the Indian national flag. The current Indian flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya based on the ' flag, a flag of the Indian National Congress adopted by Mahatma Gandhi after making significant modifications to the design proposed by Pingali Venkayya. This flag included the Spinning_wheel#Charkha ...
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Lakhisarai
Lakhisarai (archaic spelling: Luckeesarai) town is the administrative headquarters of Lakhisarai district in the Indian state of Bihar. The town has a population of 99,979 (2011 census). it is situated about 45 km west of Munger Munger, formerly spelt as Monghyr, is a twin city and a Municipal Corporation situated in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the administrative headquarters of Munger district and Munger Division. Munger was one of the major cities in Eastern .... Demographics As of 2011 Indian Census, Lakhisarai had a total population of 99,979, of which 52,665 were males and 47,314 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 17,641. The total number of literates in Lakhisarai was 57,902, which constituted 57.9% of the population with male literacy of 63.9% and female literacy of 51.2%. The effective literacy rate of the population above 7 years of age in Lakhisarai was 70.3%, of which male literacy rate was 77.6% and female literacy rate wa ...
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Tourist Attractions In Patna
Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes". Tourism can be Domestic tourism, domestic (within the traveller's own country) or International tourism, international. International tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, tourism numbers declined due to a severe Economy, economic slowdown (see Great Recession) and the outbreak of the 2009 2009 flu pandemic, H1N1 influenza virus. These numbers, however, recovered until the COVID-19 pandemic put an abrupt end to th ...
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Indian Military Memorials And Cemeteries
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Bihar Regiment
The Bihar Regiment is an Indian Army infantry regiment. It traces its origins back to the British Indian Army. The Bihar Regiment was formed in 1941 by regularising the 11th (Territorial) Battalion, the 19th  Hyderabad Regiment, and raising new battalions. The Bihar Regimental Centre (BRC) is located at Danapur Cantonment, Patna, the second oldest cantonment of India. INS Vikramaditya, the Indian Navy's largest ship and one of its two aircraft carriers is affiliated to the Bihar Regiment, Indian Army's highly decorated and battle-hardened unit. Bihari martial tradition The martial tradition of Bihar troops in the era of British rule traces its origins to the 34th sepoy battalion raised in 1757 by Lord Clive of the British East India Company at Patna. The battalion was formed by men entirely from the Bhojpur (Arrah) district. Later battalions recruited from the entire Shahabad area (the present day districts of Bhojpur (Arrah), Buxar, Rohtas & Kaimur in Bihar). Th ...
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Kargil (other)
Kargil is a town in the Indian union territory of Ladakh (formerly part of Jammu and Kashmir (state), Jammu and Kashmir state). Kargil may also refer to: * Kargil district, a district in Ladakh, headquartered in the town ** Kargil (Vidhan Sabha constituency), an electoral constituency in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir * Kargil War, a 1999 armed conflict between India and Pakistan centred in the Kargil district * Kargil (film), ''Kargil'' (film), a 2018 Indian Tamil-language film See also

* Cargill (other) * Kargili (other) * Kargilik (other) * ''LOC Kargil'', a 2003 Indian film based on the Kargil War * ''Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl'', a 2020 Indian film about Gunjan Saxena, an Indian Air Force officer during the Kargil War {{Disambiguation, geo ...
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Kargil Chowk
Kargil Chowk is a War memorial. It was established in year 2000, at the North-East corner of Gandhi Maidan, Patna. It is dedicated to the soldiers from Bihar & Jharkhand who had sacrificed their lives in the Kargil War in 1999. List engraved names on Kargil Chowk Following are the martyrs whose names are engraved on Kargil Chowk war memorial. * Major Chandrabhushan Divedi * General Digambar Dixit, Palamu * General Prabhakar Kumar Singh, Bhagalpur * Nayak Ganesh Prasad Yadav, Patna * Lance Naik Rambachan Rai, Vaishali * Lance Naik Vidyanand Singh, Bhojpur * Naik Bishuni Rai, Saran * Naik Subedar Nageshwar Mahato, Ranchi * Naik Neeraj Kumar, Lakhisarai * Naik Sunil Kumar Singh, Muzaffarpur * Havaldar Ratan Kumar Singh, Bhagalpur * Sepoy Hardeo Prasad Singh, Nalanda * Sepoy Rambhu Singh, Siwan * Sepoy Arvind Kumar Pandey, Poorvi Champaran * Sepoy Pramod Kumar, Poorvi Champaran * Sepoy Arvind Kumar Pandey, Poorvi Champaran * Sepoy Raman Kumar Jha, Saharsa * Sepoy Harikrishna Ra ...
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Saharsa District
Saharsa is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar, India. Saharsa city is the administrative headquarters of this district. Saharsa district is a part of the Kosi Division and it became a district on 1 April 1954 and has subsequently become smaller with other districts being carved from it, most notably Madhepura in 1981. Saharsa is located in the Mithila region, one of the earliest centers of Brahminical civilization in India. Saharsa is considered as the heart of whole Mithila region. it is the place which gave birth to legends such as like Mandana Misra, Laxminath Gosain, Ubhai Bharti, etc. History Saharsa is part of the Mithila region. Mithila first gained prominence after being settled by Indo-Aryan peoples who established the Mithila Kingdom (also called Kingdom of the Videhas). During the late Vedic period (c. 1100–500 BCE), Videha became one of the major political and cultural centers of South Asia, along with Kuru and Pañcāla. The kings of the Videha Kingdom ...
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Poorvi Champaran
East Champaran or Purvi Champaran is an administrative district in the Tirhut division of the state of Bihar in India. The district headquarter is located at Motihari. Prior to 1971, there was a single Champaran District. On 1 December 1971, it was divided into East and West Champaran (Purvi and Paschimi Champaran). In early days the land of East Chamapran was ruled by different kingdoms as Videha, Sunga, Kanvas. It is also believed that Champaran used to be a major part of King Janak's empire. Mahatma Gandhi started his famous Satyagraha movement from here. About district East Champaran District is functioning from 2 November 1972. The headquarter of the district is at Motihari. It is situated at 26° 16′ to 27° 1′ North latitude and 84° 30′ to 85° 16′ East longitudes. Nepal makes its northern boundary, Sitamarhi district, Sitamarhi and Sheohar district, Sheohar eastern while Mehsi, Muzaffarpur South and with part of Gopalganj district, India, Gopalganj and West Champ ...
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Nalanda
Nalanda (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: , ) was a renowned Buddhism, Buddhist ''mahavihara'' (great monastery) in medieval Magadha (Mahajanapada), Magadha (modern-day Bihar), eastern India. Widely considered to be among the greatest Ancient higher-learning institutions, centres of learning in the ancient world and often referred to as "the world's first residential university", it was located near the city of Rajagriha (now Rajgir), roughly southeast of Pataliputra (now Patna). Operating for almost a thousand years from 427 CE until around 1400 CE, Nalanda mahavihara played a vital role in promoting the patronage of arts, culture and academics during the 5th and 6th century CE, a period that has since been described as the "Golden Age of India" by scholars. Nalanda was established by emperor Kumaragupta I of the Gupta Empire around 427 CE, and was supported by numerous Indian and Javanese patrons – both Buddhists and non-Buddhists. Nalanda continue ...
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