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  1. Suraj Tal Lake is located in which district?

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    Lahaul Spiti

    Description: Suraj Tal Lake is a sacred body of water lies just below the Bara-lacha-la pass (4,890m) in the Lahaul and Spiti valley of Himachal Pradesh. Suraj Tal Lake is the third highest lake in India, and the 21st-highest in the world.

    Suraj Tal Lake is the source of Bhaga River which joins the Chandra River downstream at Tandi to form the Chandrabhaga River in Himachal Pradesh territory, and as it enters Jammu and Kashmir it is renamed as the Chenab River. The Bhaga River (a tributary of the Chandrabhaga or Chenab) originates from Suraj Taal.

  2. In which district of Himachal Pradesh is the famous Baijnath Temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva, located?

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    Answer: Kangra.

  3. What was the earlier name of Indian Institute of Advanced Study?

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    Vice Regal Lodge

    Description: Vice Regal Lodge is located on the Observatory Hills of Shimla. It was formerly the residence of the British Viceroy of India. It houses some of the most ancient articles and photographs going back to the times of the British rule in India.

    The Vice Regal Lodge was designed by British architect Henry Irwin and built in the Jacobethan style during Lord Dufferin’s tenure as Viceroy. Its construction started in 1880 and was completed in 1888. Lord Dufferin occupied the lodge on 23 July 1888.

  4. Who built Arki Fort?

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    Rana Prithvi Singh

    Description: Arki Fort was built between 1695 and 1700 by Rana Prithvi Singh is in the town.

  5. At which place Rabindra Nath Tagore spent few months in Himachal Pradesh?

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    Dalhousie

    Description: Great Poet, novelist and Novel Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore spend few months at Dalhousie. During the summer of 1873 Tagore with his father Maharishi Debendra Natha Tagore visited Dalhousie. He had also mentioned his visit to the Dalhousie in a letter to his friend in 1910 and acknowledged his debt to the Himalayas for providing the initial inspiration and motivation for writing.

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