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Monuments of national importance
January 2 , 2019
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- The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has recently declared 6 monuments as protected and national importance.
- There were 3,686 centrally protected monuments/sites under the ASI in the country, the number has now been increased to 3,693.
- Uttar Pradesh (745 monuments/sites), Karnataka (506) and Tamil Nadu (413) have the highest number of ASI-maintained sites.
- The New Monuments which are added newly includes
- 125-year-old Old High Court Building in Nagpur, Maharashtra
- Mughal-era monuments in Agra — Haveli of Agha Khan and Hathi Khana
- Ancient Neemrana Baori in Rajasthan's Alwar district
- The Group of Temples at Ranipur Jharail in Odisha's Bolangir district and
- The Vishnu Temple in Kotali, Pithoragarh district, Uttarkhand.
- According to the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, an “Ancient Monument means
- any structure, erection or monument, or
- any tumulus or place of interment, or
- any cave, rock-sculpture, inscription or
- Monolith which is of historical, archaeological or artistic interest
and which has been in existence for not less than 100 years."
- In 2016 and 2017, no new monument was included in the list of sites of national importance.
The last monument to be included in the list, in 2015, was the
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