General Knowledge
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India
The World Heritage List
includes 962 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which
the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value.
These include 745 cultural, 188 natural and 29 mixed properties in 157 States
Parties. As of September 2012, 190 States Parties have ratified the World
Heritage Convention.
By sites ranked by country, Italy is home
to the greatest number of World Heritage Sites with 47 sites, followed by Spain (44) and China (43). India has 32
sites (as of Jan 2015).
UNESCO heritage sites in India
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#
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Name
|
Region
|
In
UNESCO
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|
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01
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Kaziranga
Wild Life Sanctuary
|
Assam
|
1985
|
|
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02
|
Manas
Wild Life Sanctuary *
|
Assam
|
1985
|
|
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03
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Mahabodhi Temple Complex
|
Bihar
|
2002
|
|
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04
|
Humayun’s
Tomb
|
Delhi
|
1993
|
|
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05
|
Qutb
Minar & its monuments
|
Delhi
|
1993
|
|
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06
|
Red Fort Complex
|
Delhi
|
2007
|
|
|
07
|
Churches
and Convents of Goa
|
Goa
|
1986
|
|
|
08
|
Champaner-Pavagadh
Archaeological Park
|
Gujarat
|
2004
|
|
|
09
|
Group
of Monuments at Hampi
|
Karnataka
|
1986
|
|
|
10
|
Group
of Monuments at Pattadakal
|
Karnataka
|
1987
|
|
|
11
|
Buddhist
Monuments at Sanchi
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
1989
|
|
|
12
|
Rock
Shelter of Bhimbetka
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
2003
|
|
|
13
|
Khajuraho
Group of Monuments
|
Madhya
Pradesh
|
1982
|
|
|
14
|
Ajanta Caves
|
Maharashtra
|
1983
|
|
|
15
|
Ellora Caves
|
Maharashtra
|
1983
|
|
|
16
|
Elephanta Caves
|
Maharashtra
|
1987
|
|
|
17
|
Chhatrapati
Shivaji Terminus
|
Maharashtra
|
2004
|
|
|
18
|
Sun Temple at
Konark
|
Odisha
|
1984
|
|
|
19
|
Keoladeo National
Park at Bharatpur
|
Rajasthan
|
1985
|
|
|
20
|
Jantar
Mantar at Jaipur
|
Rajasthan
|
2010
|
|
|
21
|
Great
Living Chola Temples
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
2004
|
|
|
Gangaikonda
Cholapuram
|
||||
|
Darasuram
|
||||
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Brihadeswarar Temple,
Thanjavur
|
||||
|
22
|
Group
of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
1984
|
|
|
23
|
Agra Fort
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
1982
|
|
|
24
|
Fathepur
Sikri
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
1986
|
|
|
25
|
Taj
Mahal
|
Uttar
Pradesh
|
1983
|
|
|
26
|
Rani ki vav
|
Gujarat
|
2014
|
|
|
27
|
Great
Himalayan National Park
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
2014
|
|
|
28
|
Nanda
Devi & Valley of Flowers National Parks
|
Uttarakhand
|
2005
|
|
|
29
|
Sunderbans National
Park
|
West
Bengal
|
|
|
|
30
|
Mountain Railways of India
|
|||
|
Darjeeling Himalayan
Railway
|
West
Bengal
|
1999
|
||
|
Nilgiri Mountain Railway
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
2005
|
||
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Kalka-Shimla
Railway
|
Himachal
Pradesh
|
2008
|
||
|
31
|
Western Ghats
|
|||
|
Agasthyamalai
sub-cluster
|
Kerala
& Tamil Nadu
|
2012
|
||
|
Periyar
sub-cluster
|
Kerala
|
|
||
|
Anamalai
sub-cluster
|
Kerala
& Tamil Nadu
|
|
||
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Nilgiri
sub-cluster
|
Tamil
Nadu
|
|
||
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Talakaveri
sub-cluster
|
Karnataka
|
|
||
|
Kudermukh
sub-cluster
|
Karnataka
|
|
||
|
Sahyadri
sub-cluster
|
Gujarat,
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala & Tamil Nadu
|
|
||
|
32
|
Hill
Forts of Rajasthan
|
Rajasthan
|
2013
|
|
Notes:
* As of May
2011, Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is listed as being in danger (since 1992). Hampi
was added to the danger list in 1999, but removed in 2006 following successful
conservation efforts.
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