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Uttarakhand was formed on 9th November

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High Court: High court of Uttarakhand, Nainital

Chief Justice: K. M. Joseph (source Supreme Court website)

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National Parks:
Name of Special Species Important Remarks
National Park (if any
important)
Jim Corbett Bengali tiger ---
National Park
Valley Of snow leopard, UNESCO world heritage
Flowers Himalayan musk site
National Park deer In Nanda Devi Biosphere
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Nanda Devi --- In Nanda Devi Biosphere
National Park Reserve
Gangotri --- river Ganga is in the
National Park premises, Goumukh
glacier
Rajaji National --- got its name from Sri C.
Park Rajgopalachariwho was
affectionately referred to
as 'Rajaji'. He was irst
reciptent of BharatRatna

Important Dams:
Sl.No. Dam River Nearest Purpose/Project Remark
City
1. Tehri Dam Bhagirathi Pratapnagar Irrigation+ Highest
Hydroelectric Dam in
India
2. Lakhwar Yamuna Dehradun Irrigation+ ---
Dam Hydroelectric
3. Koteshwar Bhagirathi Pratapnagar Hydroelectric ---
Dam
4. Ramganga Ramganga Lansdowne Irrigation+ Located
Dam Hydroelectric within
the Jim
Corbett
National
Park.

Important Rivers:
Sl.No. River Remarks
1 Ganga River Primary Source- Gangotri Glacier
2 Bhagirathi River Headstream of Ganga,Primary Source- Gangotri and
Khatling glaciers
3 Alaknanda River Headstream of Ganga, Primary Source- Satopanth and
BhagirathKharak glaciers
4 Kosi River
5 Yamuna River largest tributary river of the Ganga, Primary Source-
Yamunotri Glacier

Important Lakes:
Sl.No. Lake Located in/near
1 Bheemtal Lake Bheemtal
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2 Devaria Tal Ukhimath

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4 Hemkund Chamoli
5 Maneri Uttarkashi

Important Power generation plants:

1. Chibro Power Plant
2.Khodri Power Plant
3.Chilla Power Plant

Airports:
1. Jolly Grant Airport - Dehradun
2. The Pant Nagar Airport- Pantnagar of Udhamsinghnagar district
3.NainiSaini Airport (Pithoragarh Airstrip) – Pithoragarh

Folk Dances:
1. Choliya Dance – Kumaon region
2. LangvirNritya
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4. Ramola
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Important Regional Festivals:

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1. BasantPanchami celebrates the coming of the spring season.
2. Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra main deity of worship is Goddess Nanda  55K Follow

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3. MakarSankranti marks the change of season and is
considered to be very auspicious.
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4. Janopunya people of Kumaon celebrate the
RakshaBandhan and the Janopunya on the
same day
5. KumbhMela in Haridwar
6. Kandali Festival in Pithoragarh district - festival coincides
with the blooming of the Kandali plant,
which lowers once every twelve years.

Important Temples/Archeological Monuments/Sites:

Sl.No Monument/Temple/Sites Located in Remarks
1 Kedarnath Temple Kedarnath near the Mandakini
river

2 Badrinath Temple Badrinath- one of the four Char

Chamoli district Dham
3 Yamunotri Temple Uttarkashi source of river Yamuna
district
4 Gangotri Temple Uttarkashi source of river Ganga
district
5 Ram Jhulla and Rishikesh iron suspension bridge
LakhmanJhulla situated at Muni Ki Reti
across Ganga River
6 Har Ki Pauri Haridwar famous ghat on the
banks of the Ganga
7 Gurudwara Sri Hemkunt Chamoli District
Sahib
8 PatanjaliYogpeeth Haridwar
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10 Naina Devi Temple Nainital

11 SilgurDevta temple Punah village- in news (May 2016)Mob
Dehradun attacks BJP MP for
visiting the temple with
Dalits
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Sl.No. City Nick Name
1 Dehradun School capital of India
2 Mussoorie Queen of the Mountains
3 Rishikesh City of Sages
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