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Patna Diaries Episode 4: Inside Patna Museum Bihar

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Patna Diaries Episode 4: Inside Patna Museum Bihar & Patna Museum Bihar: FACTS Patna Museum is the state museum of the Indian state of Bihar. Started on 3 April 1917 during the British Raj to house the historical artefacts found in the vicinity of Patna, it is in the style of Mughal and Rajput architecture and is known locally as the Jadu Ghar. The Museum was constructed by the British to conserve and display the historical artifacts found in the vicinity of the state capital. The concept of having a museum arose in 1912, after Bihar and Bengal were separated. Patna Museum started functioning in 1915 from the commissioner's bungalow, on the campus of A. N. Sinha Institute. The artifacts were then shifted to new rooms at the Patna High Court building before being taken to the present building in 1929. The land that was selected for the museum, in 1925, was on Patna-Gaya road (now Budh Marg). The two-storeyed building, designed by Rai Bahadur Bishnu Swarup, was completed i

Patna Diaries Episode 3: Indira Gandhi Planetarium (Patna Planetarium) B...

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Patna Diaries Episode 3: Indira Gandhi Planetarium (Patna Planetarium) Bihar & Patna Museum Bihar: FACTS Indira Gandhi Planetarium(Hindi: इंदिरा गाँधी तारामंडल) is located in Patna's Indira Gandhi Science Complex. Planetarium was constructed through Bihar Council on Science & Technology at a total cost of about ₹11 Crores. It was conceptualised in 1989 by Bihar Chief Minister Shri Satyendra Narain Sinha who laid the foundation stone in October 1989 and was inaugurated by Shri Laloo Prasad Yadav, the then Chief Minister of Bihar, on 21 March 1993. The Planetarium was dedicated to the Nation and opened for the public from 1 April 1993. It is named after senior Indian National Congress leader and former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi. The Patna Planetarium is one of the largest planetariums in Asia.[4] It attracts a large number of domestic as well as foreign tourists. The planetarium has regular film shows on subjects related to astronomy. It also holds exhibition

Patna Diaries Episode 2 Gandhi Maidan Patna Bihar

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Patna Diaries Episode 2 Gandhi Maidan Patna Bihar & Golghar Patna Bihar: FACTS GANDHI MAIDAN: Gandhi Maidan, previously known as the Patna Lawns, is a historic ground at Patna near the banks of Ganges River, in Bihar, India. The Golghar falls to its west. The world's tallest Gandhi statue was unveiled at the historic Gandhi Maidan. The 70-feet tall bronze statue was inaugurated by the CM Nitish Kumar on 15 February 2013. GOLGHAR: The Golghar or Gol Ghar (?????), ("Round house") is a large granary located to the west of the Gandhi Maidan in Patna, capital of Bihar state, India. According to a contemporary inscription at its base, the Golghar was intended to be just the first of a series of huge grain stores. In the end, however, no others were ever built. The granary was "part of a general plan … for the perpetual prevention of famine in these provinces ordered in 1784 by Warren Hastings, the then Governor-General of India. The beehive-shaped structur

Patna Diaries Episode 1: Patna Junction Railway Station | PNBE Junction ...

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Patna Diaries Episode 1: Patna Junction Railway Station | PNBE Junction Railway Station Patna Diaries Episode 1: Patna Junction Railway Station | PNBE Junction Railway Station: FACTS Patna Junction, station code PNBE, is a major railway station in the capital city of Patna in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the seventh busiest railway station in India in terms of frequency of trains after Kanpur Central, Vijayawada Junction, Delhi Junction, New Delhi, Ambala Cant and Howrah. Around 173 trains starts, ends, or passes through the station daily. Situated in heart of the city, it is the main railway station serving Patna. It falls under the Danapur division of the East Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways. The Patna Junction railway station is connected to most of the major cities in India by the railway network. Patna lies in between New Delhi and Kolkata which is one of the busiest rail routes in India. Patna has trains running frequently to Delhi and Kolkata. The city is a

Evolution of EA Cricket game EA Cricket 1996 to EA Cricket 2007

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Evolution of EA Cricket game EA Cricket 1996 to EA Cricket 2007: FACTS The EA Cricket is a series of cricket video games published by EA Sports and designed for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 2 platforms. Until now, 8 different games of the series have been released. EA Cricket 1996 Cricket 1996 is a cricket game for the MS-DOS PCs that was released in 1995. The sequel to Super International Cricket on the SNES, it was developed by Melbourne House (as Beam Software) and published by EA Sports. It was released as Ian Botham's International Cricket 96 in Europe.Despite featuring improved graphics, like its predecessors the game continued to forgo official team and player licensing, although many of the in-game players had recognizable real-life counterparts. EA Cricket 97 EA Cricket 97 is a cricket game for PCs that was released in 1997. The sequel to Cricket 96, it was developed by Melbourne House (as Beam Software) and published by EA Sports. It was the final cricket ga

Free Antivirus from Government of India Ministry of Electronics and Info...

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Free Antivirus from Government of India Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Know the details: FACTS Download Link: http://www.cyberswachhtakendra.gov.in Welcome to Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre (Cyber Swachhta Kendra) The " Cyber Swachhta Kendra " (Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre) is a part of the Government of India's Digital India initiative under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to create a secure cyber space by detecting botnet infections in India and to notify, enable cleaning and securing systems of end users so as to prevent further infections. The " Cyber Swachhta Kendra " (Botnet Cleaning and Malware Analysis Centre) is set up in accordance with the objectives of the "National Cyber Security Policy", which envisages creating a secure cyber eco system in the country. This centre operates in close coordination and collaboration with Internet Service Providers an