Places to Visit in India

1. INDIA – A TOURIST DESTINATION
By : Ankit G Choudhary, Class – IV, ISWK

2. INDIA GATE
• ** It is located in Delhi
• ** It was built in the memory of
• 1st World War soldiers.
• ** It is a major tourists attraction
• in Delhi.

3. • TAJ MAHAL
• It is located in Agra.
• It is built by Shah Jahan and in
the
memory of
Mumtaz Mahal.

4. Red Fort
• It is located in Delhi.
• It was built in 1638.
• The Red Fort was the residence of the Mughal
emperors of India for nearly 200 years, until
1857.
• The Red Fort was built as the
fortified palace of Shahjhanabad
Capital of fifth mughal emperor
Shah Jahan.

5. QUTUB MINAR
• QUTUB MINAR is located in Delhi.
• QUTUB MINAR is also called QUTB or QATAB.
• It is also 2nd largest minar in India.
• QUTUB MINAR is made of red sandstone and
Marble.
• It was constructed was 1192.
• QUTUB MINAR was not built by one
person but three rulers viz Qutb-ud-din
Ayabak.

6. CHAR MINAR
• It was located in Hyderabad.
• It was built by Mohammed
Quli Qutb Shah in 1591.
• It has four towers each with
height of 53 meters.

7. Different Hill stations in India
• The hill stations are high-altitude towns.
• The Indian subcontinent has seven principal
mountain ranges and the largest of all is the
Himalayas that lies in the northern part of
India.
• We can visit different hill staions
in India in Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu and Kashmir etc.

8. Name of different populated hill
stations in India
The populated hill stations are-
• Gulmarg Hill Station- it is located in Baramula
districtin the Indian state of Jammu and
Kashmir.
• Gangtok hill station:it is located n capital of
Sikkim called Gangtok.