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Trekking through Malana
Alexander the Great descended on what is modern day India and Pakistan in 326 BC and decimated the forces of King Porus of the Punjab, in the Battle of the Hydaspes, on the banks of the Jhelum. Braving a storm and a tricky river-crossing, a portion of his battle-worn army mutinied at the Hyphasis river…
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The Great Trigonometric Survey of India
From dense forests to tough hilly terrain, battling disease, tigers and local resistance, the Great Trigonometric Survey that measured the ends of the country started in Chennai on April 10, 1802 In the plains of the delta region of what was then Tanjore district, two centuries ago, when the biggest exercise of manual land survey…
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Haha lovely recollection of your holiday Varun! Lots of love to the little one :)