three mountain railway lines in india which has been designated as unesco world heritage site
Mountain railways of India Three of these railways, Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Nilgiri Mountain Railway, and Kalka–Shimla Railway have been collectively designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, also named as "Mountain Railways of India", while the fourth railway, Matheran Hill Railway is in tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Site.[1] These all are narrow-gauge railways. The Nilgiri Mountain Railway is also, the only rack railway in India.
Timbuktu During its twelfth session, in December 1988, the World Heritage Committee (WHC) selected parts of Timbuktu's historic centre for inscription on its World Heritage list.[59] The selection was based on three criteria:[60]
Nandalal Bose He was given the work of illustrating the constitution of India
Vindhya Range The Vindhya Range(also known as Vindhyachal )(pronounced [ʋɪnd̪ʱjə]) is a complex, discontinuous chain of mountain ridges, hill ranges, highlands and plateau escarpments in west-central India.