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DELISTING OF MONUMENTS FROM PROTECTED LIST

DELISTING OF MONUMENTS FROM PROTECTED LIST

Recently, the Centre Government has delisted 18 monuments from the list of Protected Monuments as they were found to have ceased to be of national importance as per the provisions of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958. The details are given at Annexure. No protected monument is missing at present.

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Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) undertakes documentation, research, field surveys and audio-visual recording of traditional and endangered folk and tribal art forms through its cultural documentation programmes and regional initiatives. Workshops, seminars, exhibitions and publications are also organized to support preservation and dissemination of traditional knowledge systems.

Multi-Tasking Staff have been posted for   watch and ward duties as per requirement at protected monuments and areas. Further, at selected monuments, private security personnel are also deployed considering the footfall and sensitivity. In addition, CISF personnel have been deployed at Red Fort, Delhi and Taj Mahal, Agra.

 

ANNEXURE

Details of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites & Remains Ceased to be of National Importance

Sl. No.

Name of Monument

Locality

District

State

1.

Nicholson Statue and its platform, and the surrounding gardens, paths and enclosure wall

Outside the Kashmiri Gate, Delhi

Delhi

Delhi (NCT)

2.

Kos Minar No.13

Village Mujessar

Gurugram

(Gurgaon)

Haryana

3.

Kos Minar

Shahabad

 

Karnal

Haryana

4.

Inscription in the fort of Bachhaun

Bachhaun

Satna

Madhya Pradesh

5.

Bara Khamba Cemetery

Imperial City, Delhi

Delhi

Delhi

6.

Inchla Wali Gumti

Mubarakpur Kotla

Delhi

Delhi

7.

Temple (12th Century) 

Baran

Kotah

Rajasthan

8.

Inscription in Fort

Nagar

Jaipur

Rajasthan

9.

Kutumbari area 1316 nalis

Dwarahat

Almora

Uttarakhand

10.

A banyan grove of great antiquity containing traces of ancient buildings

Bharanli Ganga tir

Ghazipur

Uttar Pradesh

11.

Closed Cemetery, Katra Naka

South-west of Banda City

Banda

Uttar Pradesh

12.

Gunner Burkill’s Tomb at Rangoon

Rangoon

Jhansi

Uttar Pradesh

13.

Cemetery

Gaughat

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

14.

Cemeteries

At mile 6 and 8, Jahraila Road

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

15.

Tombs

in miles 3, 4 and 5, Lucknow-Fyzabad Road

Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh

16.

Remains of 3 small Linga temples to the north of the village Circa 1000 A.D.

Ahugi

Mirzapur

Uttar Pradesh

17.

Telia Nala Buddhist ruins, forms part of deserted village

Forms part of a deserted Masjid, immediately above the Nala on the high ground of its left bank a short distance from the point where it runs into the Ganga and close to the main street under which it flows

Varanasi

(Benares)

Uttar Pradesh

18.

Tablet on the Treasury Building

Varanasi

(Benares)

Varanasi

(Benares)

Uttar Pradesh

 

This information was given by Union Minister for Culture and Tourism Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

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