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India's Santiniketan inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List

India had been striving for long to get a UNESCO tag for this cultural site located in Birbhum district

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The landmark site was recommended for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List by international advisory body ICOMOS (Photo Courtesy: Wikipedia)
The landmark site was recommended for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List by international advisory body ICOMOS (Photo Courtesy: Wikipedia) Wikipedia

Santiniketan, the famed place in West Bengal where poet Rabindranath Tagore built Visva-Bharati over a century ago, has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The world body made the announcement in a post on 'X' on Sunday.

"New inscription on the @UNESCO #WorldHeritage List: Santiniketan, #India. Congratulations!" it posted.

Published: 17 Sep 2023, 7:12 PM IST

India had been striving for long to get a UNESCO tag for this cultural site located in Birbhum district.

A few months ago, the landmark site was recommended for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List by international advisory body ICOMOS.

Published: 17 Sep 2023, 7:12 PM IST

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Published: 17 Sep 2023, 7:12 PM IST

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