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Baghmara city of Meghalaya - India (500 words) |
 | Baghmara, is the birthplace of Captain Williamson A. Sangma, the founder Chief Minister of Meghalaya. |
| It is the socio-cultural hub of the Garos of South Garo Hills and is the principal growth centre of the area. |
| Baghmara is 122 kilometres off Tura on the Tura-Bagmara-Moheskhola Highway and it is 445 kms away from the state Capital Shillong. |
| Baghmara Community Forest: A Community Managed Eco-Tourism Enterprise (1768 words) |
| Baghmara is located in the Bachauli Village Development Committee of Chitwan District of Nepal (27º 34' 78"- 27º 35' 53" N and 84º 28' 43"- 84º 29' 40" E). |
| The initial situation The Baghmara area which used to be a very good forest until the early 1980's got under tremendous pressure both from the locals need for fodder and fuelwood and also to the growing need of the tourism industry in terms of fuelwood and construction needs. |
| Baghmara, whose total area now stands to 400 ha, comprising of total, mixed and naturally regenerated forests was officially handed over to the User Group on 15th June, 1995. |
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