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Srinagar city and its vicinity
Srinagar city and its vicinity

Srinagar is a city in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Location: 34° 5´23“N, 74° 47´24“E situated in the valley of Kashmir, on both banks of the Jhelum, a tributary of the Indus river. Srinagar is the summer capital of the state government of Jammu and Kashmir. Image File history File links Dharamsala_indien. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (909x1158, 142 KB) Summary Srinagar,India city and its vicinity in 1959. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (909x1158, 142 KB) Summary Srinagar,India city and its vicinity in 1959. ... Jammu and Kashmir is the northern-most state of the Republic of India, with Srinagar as its summer capital and Jammu as its winter capital. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Jhelum River is the largest and most western of the five rivers of the Punjab province of Pakistan. ... The amazon (Sindh darya), known as Sindhu to Indians and in Sanskrit, as Sinthos in Greek, and Sindus in Latin, is the principal river of Pakistan. ... A summer capital was, as its name suggests, a city which was used in the summer months as an administrative capital. ... A state government is the government of a subnational entity in nation-states with federal forms of government, which shares political power with the federal government or national government. ...


The city was founded by the King Pravarasena over 2,000 years ago. It was also the capital during the reign of Yusuf Shah Chak, a ruler who was tricked by Akbar when he failed to conquer Kashmir by force. Yusuf Shah Chak remains buried in Bihar in India. Akbar was the first invader and occupier of Kashmir, followed by the Afghans, the Sikhs, and finally India and Pakistan. The British held the state as a dominion with a Dogra ruler. This topic is considered to be an essential subject on Wikipedia. ... A Sikh man wearing a turban A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism, a religious faith originating in the Punjab. ...


After achieving independence from Britain, the city along with the state of Kashmir was invaded by Pakistani and Indian troops in a bid to conquer it.


Srinagar is well known for its lakes. Dal Lake with its houseboats is famous all over the world. Srinagar is a small and beautiful city with a wonderful climate in the summer. sab bakwas hai Categories: India geography stubs | Jammu and Kashmir | Kashmir ... A houseboat in Amsterdam A houseboat is a boat which has been designed or modified to be used primarily as a human dwelling. ... Summer is a season, defined by convention in meteorology as the whole months of June, July, and August, in the Northern hemisphere, and the whole months of December, January, and February, in the Southern hemisphere. ...


Climate

Highest temperature: 41 °C; lowest −20 °C [1]


Famous people

Qazi Touqeer, a native of Kashmir, has become part of India's first "Fame Jodi' (Fame Couple) along with Ruprekha Bannerjee of Kolkata. Together, they will record an audio album. Moreover, each of received a car and 100 Million Rupees. Qazi has made history in Indian Television by receving more than 20 million votes from Viewers. [[2]]

State and Union Territory capitals of India

AgartalaAizawlBangaloreBhopalBhubaneswarChandigarhChennai (Madras) • DamanDehradunDelhiDispurGandhinagarGangtokHyderabadImphalItanagarJaipurKavarattiKohimaKolkata (Calcutta) • LucknowMumbai (Bombay) • PanajiPatnaPondicherryPort BlairRaipurRanchiShillongShimlaSilvassaSrinagarThiruvananthapuram
India is subdivided into twenty-eight states, six union territories and the National Capital Territory. ... List of capitals of subnational entities covers currently the following national entities: #A-C: Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Peoples Republic of China, Colombia, Cuba, Czech Republic, #D-F: Denmark, Finland, France, #G-L: Germany, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Ireland, Japan... Agartala is the capital of the Indian state of Tripura. ... Aizawl is the capital city of the state of Mizoram in India. ... Bangalore (Kannada: ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು) (pronounced // in Kannada and // in English) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. ... Bhopal is a city in central India, which is the capital of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. ... Bhubaneswar (pronounced BOO-buh-NESH-wuhr; Sanskrit: The Lord of the Universe), was once the capital of ancient Kalinga. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Chennai (சென்னை in Tamil), also known as Madras, is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is Indias fourth largest metropolitan city. ... Daman may mean: Daman and Diu, a formerly-Portuguese territory of India Daman, a philosopher of ancient Greece This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Dehradun, previously called Dehra Dunn, (देहरादून) is the capital city of Uttaranchal state of India nestled between the Himalayas and Shivalik Hills. ... This article deals with the city of Delhi. ... Dispur is the capital of Assam, a state in northeast India. ... Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat State, India. ... Gangtok is the capital and largest town of the Indian state of Sikkim. ... Hyderabad (హైదరాబాదు in Telugu, حیدر آباد in Urdu), the 7th largest metropolis of India [1], is the capital of the present day State of Andhra Pradesh. ... Imphal is the capital of Manipur, India. ... Itanagar is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. ... Map of Jaipur in Rajasthan Old city of Jaipur, India Jaipur (जयपुर), also popularly known as the Pink City, historically sometimes rendered as Jeypore, is the capital of Rajasthan state, India. ... Kavaratti is an island in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep off the coast of the state of Kerala. ... Kohima is a small hill town which serves as the capital of Indias north eastern border state of Nagaland. ... It has been suggested that Maidan(Kolkata) be merged into this article or section. ... Lucknow (Hindi: लखनौ Lakhnau) is the capital city of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. ... Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई ) (pronounced in Marathi, and in English), formerly known as Bombay is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and is the most populous Indian city with a 2005 estimated population of about 13 million. ... The Panjim waterfront Panaji (पणजी) or Panjim is the capital of the state of Goa in India. ... Patna (पटना) is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar, and one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world. ... Pondicherry is a city district and capital of the union territory of Pondicherry. ... Port Blair is the largest town in the Andaman Islands and the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory of India. ... Raipur is the capital city of the state of Chhattisgarh, India. ... Ranchi is the capital city of Jharkhand state, India. ... Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya, one of the smaller states in India. ... Shimla Shimla is the capital of the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. ... Silvassa is the capital of the Indian Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli sandwiched between the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat. ... Thiruvananthapuram, formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. ...


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