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Indian National Symbols and Monuments

This document lists the national symbols of India and some of its important historical monuments. The national symbols include the peacock as the national bird, the tiger as the national animal, and Jana Gana Mana as the national anthem. Some of the most famous Indian monuments mentioned are the Taj Mahal, Qutub Minar, Red Fort, and Gateway of India, many of which were built by emperors and kings during the Mughal and British rule of India. The monuments highlighted were constructed by various rulers between the 15th-20th centuries and represent the rich architectural heritage of India.

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Indian National Symbols and Monuments

This document lists the national symbols of India and some of its important historical monuments. The national symbols include the peacock as the national bird, the tiger as the national animal, and Jana Gana Mana as the national anthem. Some of the most famous Indian monuments mentioned are the Taj Mahal, Qutub Minar, Red Fort, and Gateway of India, many of which were built by emperors and kings during the Mughal and British rule of India. The monuments highlighted were constructed by various rulers between the 15th-20th centuries and represent the rich architectural heritage of India.

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National Symbols of India:

Anthem
Animal

Jana-gana-mana
Tiger (Panthera Tigris)

Bird

Peacock

Rabindranath Tagore

Calendar
Emblem

Sarnath Lion capital erected


by Ashoka.

Flag

Dharma Chakra-24 spokes

Flower

Lotus

Fruit

Mango

Game

Hockey
The Golden Era of hockey in
India was the period from
1928 - 1956 when India won
6 successive gold
medals in the Olympic
Games.

Song

Vande Mataram

Tree

Banyan

Bankim Chandra Chaterjee

Indian Monuments:
Name
Buland
Darwaza

Location
Fatehpur
Sikri, Uttar
Pradesh

Built By
great Mughal
emperor,
Akbar

Char Minar

Hyderabad

Mohammed
Quli Qutab
Shah

Gateway of
India

Mumbai

built to
commemorat
e the visit of
the British
Monarch,
King George
V and Queen
Mary.

Gol Gumbad

Bijapur,
Karnataka

Muhammad
Adil Shah

Statue of
Gomateswara

Sravanbelgol
a, 158 km
away from
Bangalore,
Karnataka

Chamundray
a, a minister
of the Ganga
King,
Rajamalla

Photo

Hampi

northern
Karnataka

Humayun's
Tomb

New Delhi,
Delhi

Humayun's
widow, Hajji
Begum

India Gate

Raj Path in
New Delhi

designed by
the famous
British
architect,
Edward
Lutyens

Mahabalipura
m Rathas

shores of the
Bay of
Bengal about
60 km from
the south of
Chennai

Pallava king
Narsimha

Jama Masjid

Delhi

Shah Jahan

Khajuraho
Temples

Madhya
Pradesh

Chandela
Rajputs

Nalanda

Bihar, India

University to
study
Buddhism

Qutub Minar

delhi

Qutub-ud-Din
Aibak

Safdarjung's
Tomb

New Delhi

Nawab
Shuja-udDaulah

Victoria
Memorial Hall

Kolkata

Lord Curzon

Sanchi Stupa

Madhya
Pradesh

Dhamekh
Stupa

Sarnath,
Uttar
Pradesh

great
Mauryan
king, Ashoka

Taj Mahal

Agra,Uttar
Pradesh

Shah Jahan

Mysore Palace

Mysore,
Karnataka

Henry Irwin

Vivekananda
Rock

Kanyakumari
(Tamil Nadu),
India

Shri Eknath
Ranade,
Vivekananda
Rock
Memorial
Committee

Cellular Jail

Andaman
Island, India

British
Government

Hawa Mahal

Jaipur,
Rajasthan.

Maharaja
Sawai Pratap
Singh

Leh Palace

Ladakh,
Kashmir

King Singe
Namgyal

Mattancherry
Palace

Cochin
(Kochi),
Kerala

Portuguese

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