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It was only after 1856, when Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, the then Nawab of Awadh, Lucknow was exiled in Metiabruz by the British Government, this place transformed dramatically. Metiabruz meant fort made from mud (in Urdu, ‘matia’ mean ‘mud’ and ‘bruz’ mean ‘fort’). In those days, it is said, it was called Parikhana, and the […]
Here is the Brief Sightseening List: Darjeeling Mall and Chow RastaDarjeeling ChurchBhanu BhabanTiger HillBatasia LoopGhoom Station & Toy TrainGhoom MonasteryDali MonasteryAva Art GalleryDarjeeling Station and Toy TrainAva Art GalleryGanga Maya ParkRock GardenOrange Valley Tea GardenPeace PagodaBuddisht TempleZooHMIRKM Roy VillaSt. Joseph SchoolRoapwayTenzing Rock HMIGombu RockKanchan Valley Tea GardenHappy Vally Tea GardenMahakal Mandir and Observatory Hill @ […]
In 1845, Captain Sir John Franklin and his crew departed England for the Arctic aboard two ships, the H.M.S. Erebus and H.M.S. Terror. The expedition was Franklin’s fourth, and–to the world’s dismay–would also be his last. The doomed Franklin expedition never returned, and in the years to come, multiple search parties would be launched. Evidence of Franklin and […]