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PUNJAB & CHANDIGARH

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P unjab is a land of five rivers-Ravi,Satluj,Chenab,Beas and Jhelum is highly fertile and is also known as the "granary of india'.This anciant land of vedas,Indus vally civilisation ,Taxila university,of milk and honey ,arts and artefacts,rich agriculture ,warm hospitable and brave people was subjected to respeated onsaughts from the persians,maurians,scythians,parthians,kushans and then the mughals.15th and 16th centuary mark a period of watershed in the history of punjab.through the technigs of gurunanak,bhakti,movement recived a great impetus .Guru Gobind Sing ,the tenth sikh guru transformed sikhs into a militant outfit ,'khalsa',to challenge the tytanny of Mughalas.The state also made greate contribution to the indias stuggle for freedom on all fronts in india and abroad.Punjab faced the holocaust of partition after indias independence ,but the enterpricing and industrious people of pinjab bounced back to become one of most affluent states of the country.today ,it

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JAMMU AND KASHMIR

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JAMMU AND KASHMIR ,THE 'CROWN ' OF INDIA LIES IN THE EXTREAME NORTH OF THE COUNTRY AND SHARES INTERNATIOAL BOUNDRY ON THREE SIDES WITH CHINA ,AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN . IT IS BOUNDED IN THE SOUTH BY HIMACHAL PRADESH AND PUNJAB . THE MOUNTANIOUS STATE IS BLESSED WITH LOFTY SNOWS CLAD PEAKS , DEEP GORGES , GLACIERS,LUCH GREEN MEADOWS AND VERDANT VALLY FULL OF CHINAR TREES, BEAUTIFULL SILVERY LAKES,CHARMING FLORA AND FAUNA , MAKING IT A 'PARADISE ON EARTH' .IT IS AN EXCELLENT BASE FOR LEISURE AND ADVENTURIOUS HOLIDAYS ADMIDST BRATH TAKING SCENERY.JAMMU AND KASHMIR HAS A VERY RICH HISTORY AND A DISTINT CULTURE WHERE PEOPLE OF ALL FAITHS LIVE IN PERFECT HARMONY AND HAS SOME OF THE MOST SACRED TEMPLES,MOSQUES,MONASTRIES AND CAVES . KASHMIRI HANDICRAFTS ARE WELL KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD . THE ANCIENT TRADITION OF CRAFTING PAPIER MACHE,WOOD CRAVING ,CARPET AND SHAWAL MAKING ETC. GENERATES SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE .A VISIT TO PARADISE RESPLENDENT IN NATURE 'S