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| 1 | Indira Gandhi International Airport ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 232 Lat/Lng : 28.5583 / 77.0941 | Indira Gandhi International Airport serves as the primary civilian aviation hub for the National Capital Region of Delhi, India. The airport, spread over an area of , is situated in Palam, south-west of the New Delhi railway station and from New Delhi city centre (...) | |
| 2 | Strait of Malacca ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 1.4633 / 102.8072 | The Strait of Malacca (; Jawi: سلت ملاک) or Straits of Malacca is a narrow, stretch of water between the Malay Peninsula (Peninsular Malaysia) and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. As the main shipping channel between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, it is one of the most important shipping (...) | |
| 3 | Newark Liberty International Airport ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 0 Lat/Lng : 40.6928 / -74.1686 | Newark Liberty International Airport , originally Newark Metropolitan Airport and later Newark International Airport, is the primary airport serving the U.S. state of New Jersey. The airport straddles the boundary between the cities of Newark and Elizabeth, the former of which is the most populous (...) | |
| 4 | Technical University of Munich ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 522 Lat/Lng : 48.1486 / 11.5681 | Technical University of Munich (TUM) is a research university with campuses in Munich, Garching and Freising-Weihenstephan. It is a member of TU9, an incorporated society of the largest and most notable German institutes of technology (...) | |
| 5 | Jalandhar ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 243 Lat/Lng : 31.3256 / 75.5792 | Jalandhar is a city in the north Indian state of Punjab. Jalandhar lies alongside the Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected rail and road junction. Jalandhar is 144 km northwest of Chandigarh, the state capital of Punjab and Haryana. (...) | |
| 6 | Helsinki Airport ![]() FeatureType : airport Lat/Lng : 60.3172 / 24.9633 | Helsinki Airport is the main international airport of the city of Helsinki, its surrounding metropolitan area, and the Uusimaa region. The airport is located in the city of Vantaa, about west of Tikkurila, the administrative center of Vantaa and north of Helsinki city center (...) | |
| 7 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 19.089 / 72.8682 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport , formerly known as Sahar International Airport, is the primary international airport serving the Mumbai Metropolitan Area, India. It is the second busiest airport in the country in terms of total and international passenger traffic after Delhi, and (...) | |
| 8 | Suvarnabhumi Airport ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 13.6827 / 100.7473 | Suvarnabhumi Airport , also known unofficially as Bangkok Airport, is one of two international airports serving Bangkok, Thailand. The other is Don Mueang International Airport. Suvarnabhumi covers an area of , making it one of the biggest international airports in Southeast Asia and a regional hub (...) | |
| 9 | Udaipur ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 600 Lat/Lng : 24.58 / 73.68 | Udaipur (pronunciation), also known as the "City of Lakes" is a small city, municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is the historic capital of the kingdom of Mewar in the former Rajputana Agency (...) | |
| 10 | Chennai International Airport ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 12.9944 / 80.1805 | Chennai International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India and its metropolitan area. It is located in Meenambakkam & Tirusulam, 21 km (13 mi) from the city centre. It is the 4th busiest airport in India behind Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru and the 52nd (...) | |
| 11 | Maldives ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 4.1743 / 73.51 | The Maldives (; Dhivehi Raa'jey), officially the Republic of Maldives, is a South Asian country, located in the Indian Ocean, situated in the Arabian Sea. It lies southwest of Sri Lanka and India. The chain of 26 atolls stretches from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in the north to the Addu City in the south (...) | |
| 12 | Lucknow ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 130 Lat/Lng : 26.8606 / 80.9158 | Lucknow is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and is also the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division. It is the eleventh most populous city and the twelfth most populous urban agglomeration of India (...) | |
| 13 | Incheon ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 37.4639 / 126.6486 | Incheon (; ; formerly romanized as Inchŏn; literally "kind river"), officially the Incheon Metropolitan City , is a city located in northwestern South Korea, bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi to the east. Inhabited since the Neolithic, Incheon was home to just 4,700 people when it became an international (...) | |
| 14 | Guwahati ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 44 Lat/Lng : 26.1833 / 91.7333 | Guwahati (Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam, Gauhati in the modern era) is the largest city in the Indian state of Assam and also the largest urban area in Northeast India. A major riverine port city and one of the fastest growing cities in India, Guwahati is situated on the south bank of the (...) | |
| 15 | Madame Tussauds ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 51.5228 / -0.1553 | Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London with smaller museums in a number of other major cities. It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. It used to be known as "Madame Tussaud's"; the apostrophe is no longer used.: "Madame Tussaud (who gave the attraction its now-jettisoned apostrophe) .. (...) | |
| 16 | Turkmenistan ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 126 Lat/Lng : 39.0667 / 60.2667 | Turkmenistan (or ;), formerly known as Turkmenia,; New York Times – 28 October 1991. Retrieved on 16 November 2016. officially the Republic of Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north and east, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to (...) | |
| 17 | Madurai ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 143 Lat/Lng : 9.9197 / 78.1194 | Madurai is one of the major cities in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Madurai District, the third largest city in Tamil Nadu and 25th most populated city in India. Located on the banks of River Vaigai, Madurai has been a major settlement for two millennia (...) | |
| 18 | Government Communications Headquarters ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 51 Lat/Lng : 51.8995 / -2.1245 | The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is an intelligence and security organisation responsible for providing signals intelligence (SIGINT) and information assurance to the government and armed forces of the United Kingdom., Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 7 July 2014 (...) | |
| 19 | Friends ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 40.7325 / -74.0055 | Friends is an American television sitcom, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer, the show (...) | |
| 20 | Kathmandu ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 1301 Lat/Lng : 27.7033 / 85.3181 | Kathmandu (; , Yei, Nepali pronunciation:) is the capital city of Nepal. It is the largest metropolis in Nepal, with a population of 1.5 million in the city proper, and 3 million in its urban agglomeration across the Kathmandu Valley, which includes the towns of Lalitpur, Kirtipur, Madhyapur Thimi, (...) | |
| 21 | Coimbatore ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 422 Lat/Lng : 11.0183 / 76.9747 | Coimbatore , also known as Kovai , is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Noyyal River and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Coimbatore is the second largest city (by area and population) in the state (after Chennai) and the 16th largest urban (...) | |
| 22 | Emory University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 283 Lat/Lng : 33.7911 / -84.3233 | Emory University is a private research university in the Druid Hills neighborhood of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia, by the Methodist Episcopal Church and was named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory (...) | |
| 23 | Mongolia ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 1299 Lat/Lng : 47.9167 / 106.9167 | Mongolia (; Monggol Ulus in Mongolian; in Mongolian Cyrillic) is a landlocked country in East Asia. Its area is roughly equivalent with the historical territory of Outer Mongolia, and that term is sometimes used to refer to the current state (...) | |
| 24 | Nepal ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 88 Lat/Lng : 26.5333 / 86.7333 | Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal , is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is located mainly in the Himalayas but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. With an estimated population of 26 (...) | |
| 25 | Trincomalee ![]() FeatureType : city Lat/Lng : 8.5833 / 81.2333 | Trincomalee (; Tirukōṇamalai; Trikuṇāmalaya) also known as Gokanna, is the administrative headquarters of the Trincomalee District and major resort port city of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. Located on the east coast of the island overlooking the Trincomalee Harbour, 113 miles south of Jaffna and 69 (...) | |
| 26 | Thrissur ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 10.5333 / 76.2167 | Thrissur pronunciation (originally Thiru Siva Peroor and previously known by its anglicised form as Trichur), is the fourth largest city, the third largest urban agglomeration in Kerala (Pop. 1,854,783) and the 20th largest in India. It is also the headquarters of the Thrissur District (...) | |
| 27 | Bangladesh ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 24.0167 / 89.8667 | Bangladesh (; , lit. "The country of Bengal"), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh , is a country in South Asia. It shares land borders with India and Myanmar (Burma).The country's maritime territory in the Bay of Bengal is roughly equal to the size of its land area (...) | |
| 28 | Saint George's Church, Singapore ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 1.3048 / 103.8151 | St. George's Church is an Anglican church located on Singapore's Minden Road in the Tanglin Planning Area, off Holland Road. Constructed between 1910 and 1913, the church was built for the British troops stationed in Tanglin Barracks which was once the General Headquarters of the British Far East (...) | |
| 29 | Coonoor ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1780 Lat/Lng : 11.3498 / 76.7938 | Coonoor (pronunciation) is a Taluk and a municipality of the Nilgiris district in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. It is known for its production of Nilgiri tea. Coonoor is located at an altitude of above sea level, and is the second largest hill station in the Nilgiri hills after Ooty (...) | |
| 30 | Moradabad ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 202 Lat/Lng : 28.8324 / 78.7747 | Moradabad (pronunciation) is a city, commissionary, and a municipal corporation in Moradabad district of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established in 1625A.D. by Rustam Khan and is named after prince Murad Baksh, the youngest son of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal (...) | |
| 31 | Chitral (princely state) ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 1481 Lat/Lng : 35.8378 / 71.7839 | Chitral (or Chitrāl) (Urdu:) was a princely state in alliance with British India until 1947, then a princely state of Pakistan until 1969. The area of the state now forms the Chitral District of the Malakand Division, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (...) | |
| 32 | Asian Games ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 220 Lat/Lng : 28.637 / 77.2144 | The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games (...) | |
| 33 | Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 64 Lat/Lng : 10.7829 / 79.1319 | Brihadishvara Temple, also called Rajarajesvaram or Peruvudaiyar Koyil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India., Encyclopaedia Britannica It is one of the largest South Indian temples and an exemplary example of a fully realized Dravidian architecture (...) | |
| 34 | Kollam ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 8.8861 / 76.5897 | Kollam pronunciation also known by its former name Quilon (Coulão) and Desinganadu, is an old seaport and city on the Laccadive Sea coast of the Indian state of Kerala. The city is on the banks Ashtamudi Lake. Kollam has had a strong commercial reputation since the days of the Phoenicians and Romans (...) | |
| 35 | Bahrain International Airport ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 26.2708 / 50.6336 | Bahrain International Airport (maṭār al-Baḥrayn al-dwalī) is the international airport of Bahrain, located in Muharraq, an island about northeast of the capital Manama. It serves as the hub for the national carrier Gulf Air. The airport is currently undergoing a $1 (...) | |
| 36 | Asia ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 517 Lat/Lng : 46.2833 / 86.6667 | Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres. It shares the continental landmass of Eurasia with the continent of Europe and the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with both Europe and Africa (...) | |
| 37 | Gaya, India ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 119 Lat/Lng : 24.7994 / 85.0011 | Gaya is of historical significance and is one of the major tourist attractions of the state of Bihar. Gaya is south of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. It is the state's second-largest city, with a population of 470,839, and is the headquarters of Gaya district and Magadh division (...) | |
| 38 | Kempegowda International Airport ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 901 Lat/Lng : 13.1979 / 77.7063 | Kempegowda International Airport is an international airport serving Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Spread over , it is located about north of the city near the village of Devanahalli. It is owned and operated by Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), a (...) | |
| 39 | Commonwealth Games ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 51.5072 / -0.1275 | The Commonwealth Games are an international multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and has taken place every four years since then. The Commonwealth Games were known as the British Empire Games from 1930 to 1950, the British Empire (...) | |
| 40 | PricewaterhouseCoopers ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 51.5077 / -0.1241 | PricewaterhouseCoopers (doing business as PwC) is a multinational professional services network headquartered in London, United Kingdom. PwC ranks as the second largest professional services firm in the world behind Deloitte, and is one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, EY and KPMG (...) | |
| 41 | UNESCO ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 48.8501 / 2.3062 | The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO;) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris. Its declared purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through educational, scientific, and cultural reforms (...) | |
| 42 | Modern School (New Delhi) ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 219 Lat/Lng : 28.6283 / 77.2295 | Modern School, Barakhamba Road (informally Modern) is a co-educational, independent day and boarding school in New Delhi, India. Founded in 1920 by the philanthropist Lala Raghubir Singh, it was the first private and coeducational school established in Delhi during the British Raj (...) | |
| 43 | Pathankot ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 337 Lat/Lng : 32.2718 / 75.6525 | Pathankot is a city in the Punjab state of India. Pathankot district is a border district which shares international border with Pakistan on its West. Pathankot was officially declared as District of Punjab state on 27 July 2011 (Previously it was a Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab) (...) | |
| 44 | Lufthansa ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 50 Lat/Lng : 50.9415 / 6.9809 | Deutsche Lufthansa AG (or JSC) , commonly known as Lufthansa (sometimes also as Lufthansa German Airlines), is the largest German airline and, when combined with its subsidiaries, also the largest airline in Europe both in terms of fleet size, largest airlines in Europe (...) | |
| 45 | Yangon International Airport ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 26 Lat/Lng : 16.9072 / 96.1331 | Yangon International Airport is the primary and busiest international airport of Myanmar. The airport is located in Mingaladon, north of central Yangon. All ten Myanmar carriers and about 30 international airlines operate at (...) | |
| 46 | Manipur ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 784 Lat/Lng : 24.817 / 93.95 | Manipur is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital.Manipur: Treatise & Documents, Volume 1, , Introduction It is bounded by Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south, and Assam to the west; Burma (Myanmar) lies to its east (...) | |
| 47 | Telugu language ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 16.792 / 82.0633 | Telugu (;Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and the union territories of Puducherry (Yanam) by the Telugu people and it is one of 22 scheduled languages of India (...) | |
| 48 | Indian Space Research Organisation ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 909 Lat/Lng : 13.0352 / 77.5706 | The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bangalore. Its vision is to "harness space technology for national development while pursuing space science research and planetary exploration (...) | |
| 49 | South Asia ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 249 Lat/Lng : 26.9 / 72.2 | South Asia or Southern Asia, is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan SAARC countries and, for some authorities, adjoining countries to the west and east (...) | |
| 50 | Dibrugarh ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 109 Lat/Lng : 27.4706 / 94.9123 | Dibrugarh (pron: ˌdɪbru:ˈgɑ:) is a city and is the headquarters of the Dibrugarh district in the state of Assam in India. Well known as the Tea City of India,http://www.business-standard.com/article/elections-2014/take-initiative-to-make-dibrugarh-world-s-tea-city-rahul-to-cm-114032700976_1 (...) | |
| 51 | Bletchley Park ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 98 Lat/Lng : 51.9965 / -0.7428 | Bletchley Park is a nineteenth-century mansion and estate near Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire, constructed during the years following 1883 for the English financier and politician Sir Herbert Samuel Leon in the Victorian Gothic, Tudor, and Dutch Baroque styles, on the site of older buildings of (...) | |
| 52 | IKEA ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 52.1671 / 4.4824 | IKEA is a Swedish-founded multinational group that designs and sells , kitchen appliances and home accessories, among other useful goods and occasionally home services. It has been the world's largest furniture retailer since at least 2008 (...) | |
| 53 | Hindu temple ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 20.888 / 70.4013 | A Hindu temple is a symbolic house, seat and body of god. It is a structure designed to bring human beings and gods together, using symbolism to express the ideas and beliefs of Hinduism., Quote: "The temple is the seat and dwelling of God, according to the majority of the names" (p (...) | |
| 54 | Shaivism ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 18 Lat/Lng : 20.888 / 70.4013 | Shaivism (Śaivam; Devanagari: शैव संप्रदाय; Bengali: শৈব; Tamil: சைவம்; Telugu: శైవ సాంప్రదాయం; Kannada:ಶೈವ ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯ; Malayalam:ശൈവമതം; Sinhalese:ශිවාගම/ශෛවවාදය) is one of the major traditions called Saivam that reveres Shiva as the Supreme Being (...) | |
| 55 | Aung San Suu Kyi ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 16.8256 / 96.1503 | Aung San Suu Kyi (; ; born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1991). She is the leader of the National League for Democracy and the first and incumbent State Counsellor, a position akin to a prime minister (...) | |
| 56 | Imperial College London ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 27 Lat/Lng : 51.4983 / -0.1769 | Imperial College London (officially Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom. Its founder, Prince Albert, envisioned a cultural area composed of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Natural History Museum, Royal Albert Hall, (...) | |
| 57 | Coimbatore district ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 429 Lat/Lng : 11.0125 / 76.9714 | Coimbatore District is a district in the Kongu Nadu region of the state of Tamil Nadu. Coimbatore is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is one of the most industrialized districts and a major textile, industrial, commercial, educational, information technology, healthcare and (...) | |
| 58 | Bhavnagar ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 27 Lat/Lng : 21.7702 / 72.1429 | Bhavnagar is a city in the Bhavnagar district of the Saurashtra region of the Gujarat state of India. It was founded in 1724 by Bhavsinhji Gohil (1703–1764). It was the capital of Bhavnagar State, which was a Princely state before it was merged into the Indian Union in 1948 (...) | |
| 59 | World Bank ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 45 Lat/Lng : 38.8989 / -77.0425 | The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to countries of the world for capital projects. It comprises two institutions: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), and the International Development Association (IDA) (...) | |
| 60 | Maharashtra ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 18.97 / 72.82 | Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH) is a state of India, in the western region of the country and is India's second-most populous state and third-largest state by area. Spread over , it is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west and the Indian states of Karnataka, Telangana, Goa, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, and (...) | |
| 61 | Tiruchirappalli ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 84 Lat/Lng : 10.805 / 78.6856 | Tiruchirappalli (pronunciation) (formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli District. Trichy is the fourth largest city as well as the fourth largest urban agglomeration in (...) | |
| 62 | Pune district ![]() FeatureType : adm3rd Elevation : 569 Lat/Lng : 18.53 / 73.84 | Pune is a District in the state of Maharashtra, India. Pune City Central is the District Headquarters. The district's population was 9,426,959 in the 2011 census, the fourth-most-populous of India's 640 districts. Its urban population is 58 (...) | |
| 63 | Thiruvananthapuram district ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 71 Lat/Lng : 8.604 / 76.9857 | Thiruvananthapuram District is the southernmost district of the coastal state of Kerala. The district was created 1957, with its headquarters in the city of Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), which is also Kerala's capital. The district covers an area of (...) | |
| 64 | Ernakulam district ![]() FeatureType : adm3rd Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 10.0 / 76.33 | Ernakulam is a district of Kerala, India situated in the central part of that state. Spanning an area of about 3,068 km2, Ernakulam district is home to over 12% of Kerala’s population. Its headquarters is located at Kakkanad in Kochi. Ernakulam is known as the commercial capital of Kerala (...) | |
| 65 | Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 ![]() FeatureType : event Elevation : 236 Lat/Lng : 48.1385 / 38.6392 | Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down on 17 July 2014 while flying over eastern Ukraine, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board (...) | |
| 66 | Trio World Academy ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 914 Lat/Lng : 13.0594 / 77.5828 | Trio World Academy was established in 2007 in Sahakara Nagar, Bangalore, India. It is an international day and residential/boarding school offering IB Primary Year Program (IB PYP), Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge Secondary 1, IGCSE IB diploma program and ICSE (In a separate Academic (...) | |
| 67 | 1951 Asian Games ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 217 Lat/Lng : 28.61 / 77.23 | The 1951 Asian Games, officially known as the First Asian Games, was a multi-sport event celebrated in New Delhi, India from 4 to 11 March 1951. The Games received names like First Asiad and 1951 Asiad. A total of 489 athletes representing 11 Asian National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in (...) | |
| 68 | Chicago ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 224 Lat/Lng : 41.8819 / -87.6278 | Chicago , formally the City of Chicago, is located on the shores of freshwater Lake Michigan, and is the third most populous city in the United States. As of the 2017 census-estimate, Chicago has a population of 2,716,450, which makes it the most populous city in both the state of Illinois and the (...) | |
| 69 | Nalanda ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 69 Lat/Lng : 25.135 / 85.4421 | Nalanda was a Mahavihara, a large Buddhist monastery, in the ancient kingdom of Magadha (modern-day Bihar) in India. The site is located about southeast of Patna near the city of Bihar Sharif, and was a centre of learning from the fifth century CE to . It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site (...) | |
| 70 | Indira Gandhi National Open University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 261 Lat/Lng : 28.4945 / 77.2045 | Indira Gandhi National Open University known as IGNOU, is a Central University located at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 20 million, after the Parliament of India passed the Indira (...) | |
| 71 | Global city ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 40.39 / -73.56 | A global city, also called world city or sometimes alpha city or world center, is a city which is a primary node in the global economic network. The concept comes from geography and urban studies, and the idea that globalization is created, facilitated, and enacted in strategic geographic locales (...) | |
| 72 | Bengal Presidency ![]() FeatureType : country Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 22.566 / 88.3464 | The Bengal Presidency (1757–1912), later reorganized as the Bengal Province (1912–1947), was once the largest subdivision (presidency) of British India, with its seat in Calcutta (now Kolkata). It was primarily centred in the Bengal region (...) | |
| 73 | Ultra Music Festival ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 25.7848 / -80.1869 | Ultra Music Festival is an annual outdoor electronic music festival that takes place during March in Miami, Florida, United States. The festival was founded in 1999 by Russell Faibisch and Alex Omes and is named after the 1997 Depeche Mode album, Ultra (...) | |
| 74 | Srirangam ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 71 Lat/Lng : 10.87 / 78.68 | Srirangam (Thiruvarangam in Tamil) is an island and a part of the city of Tiruchirappalli (heart of Tamil Nadu), in South India. Srirangam is bounded by the Kaveri River (also known as Cauvery river) on one side, and the Kaveri distributary Kollidam (Coleroon) on the other side (...) | |
| 75 | Sathyamangalam ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 239 Lat/Lng : 11.5053 / 77.2383 | Sathyamangalam (also known as Sathy) is a town and municipality in Erode district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It lies on the banks of river Bhavani, a tributary of Kaveri in the foothills of the Western Ghats. It is about 65 km from Erode and 70 km from Coimbatore (...) | |
| 76 | Centre national de la recherche scientifique ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 53 Lat/Lng : 48.8477 / 2.264 | The French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) is the largest governmental research organisation in France and the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 staff, including 11,137 tenured researchers, 13,415 engineers and technical staff, and 7,085 (...) | |
| 77 | Arya Samaj ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 477 Lat/Lng : 26.4499 / 74.6399 | Arya Samaj (Sanskrit: ' "Noble Society" Hindi: आर्य समाज, Bengali: আর্য সমাজ, Punjabi: ਆਰੀਆ ਸਮਾਜ, Gujarati: આર્ય સમાજ) is an Indian Hindu reform movement that promotes values and practices based on the belief in the infallible authority of the Vedas (...) | |
| 78 | Research and Analysis Wing ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 214 Lat/Lng : 28.5886 / 77.2379 | The Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW or RAW) (IAST: Anusaṃdhān Aur Viśleṣaṇ Viṃg) is the foreign intelligence agency of India. It was established in 1968 following the intelligence failures of the Sino-Indian war, which persuaded the Government of India to create a specialised, independent agency (...) | |
| 79 | Tiruppur ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 305 Lat/Lng : 11.1075 / 77.3398 | unit_pref = Metric area_footnotes = area_rank = 6 area_total_km2 = 159.6 elevation_footnotes = elevation_m = population_total = 877,778 population_as_of = 2011 population_rank = 5 population_density_km2 = auto population_metro = 963,173 population_metro_footnotes = (...) | |
| 80 | Chalakudy ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 10.3 / 76.33 | Chalakudy is a municipal town situated on the banks of Chalakudy River in Thrissur District of the Kerala State in India. It is the headquarters of Chalakudy taluk. It is the base camp for travellers to Athirappilly and Vazhachal Falls (...) | |
| 81 | University of Essex ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : 51.8763 / 0.9449 | The University of Essex is a public research university in Essex, England. It was established in 1963, welcomed its first students in 1964 and received its Royal Charter in 1965. Essex's largest campus is the Colchester Campus within Wivenhoe Park, less than a mile (1 (...) | |
| 82 | Amaravati ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 16.5138 / 80.5157 | Amaravati is the de facto capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The planned city is located on the southern banks of the Krishna river in Guntur district, within the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region, being built on a 217 sq km riverfront designed to have 51% of green spaces and 10% of (...) | |
| 83 | Cochin University of Science and Technology ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 10.045 / 76.326 | Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) is a government-owned autonomous science and technology university in Kochi, Kerala, India. Founded in 1971, it has three campuses: two in Kochi and one in Kuttanad, Alappuzha, 66 km inland (...) | |
| 84 | Sitapur district ![]() FeatureType : adm2nd Elevation : 140 Lat/Lng : 27.5 / 80.9167 | Sitapur district is one of the districts which is situated in Uttar Pradesh state of India, with Sitapur town as the district headquarters. Sitapur district is a part of Lucknow division. (...) | |
| 85 | Legal deposit ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 119 Lat/Lng : 49.0078 / 8.3992 | Legal deposit is a legal requirement that a person or group submit copies of their publications to a repository, usually a library. The requirement is mostly limited to books and periodicals. The number of copies varies and can range from one to 19 (in Poland) (...) | |
| 86 | Gated community ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 52.4133 / 13.0903 | In its modern form, a gated community (or walled community) is a form of residential community or housing estate containing strictly controlled entrances for pedestrians, bicycles, and automobiles, and often characterized by a closed perimeter of walls and fences (...) | |
| 87 | Simcoe, Ontario ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 210 Lat/Lng : 42.8334 / -80.2997 | Simcoe is an unincorporated community and former town in Southwestern Ontario, Canada near Lake Erie. It is the county seat and largest community of Norfolk County.See Norfolk County, Ontario Simcoe is at the junction of Highway 3, at Highway 24, due south of Brantford, and accessible to Hamilton by (...) | |
| 88 | Ernakulam ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 9.98 / 76.28 | Ernakulam (pronunciation) refers to the eastern, mainland portion of the city of Kochi in central Kerala, India and has lent its name to the Ernakulam district. The Kerala High Court, the Office of the Corporation of Kochi and the Cochin Stock Exchange are situated here (...) | |
| 89 | Alliance Française ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 51 Lat/Lng : 48.8464 / 2.3286 | L'Alliance Française (French Alliance), or AF, is an international organization that aims to promote French language and culture around the world. Created in Paris on 21 July 1883 under the name Alliance française pour la propagation de la langue nationale dans les colonies et à l'étranger (French (...) | |
| 90 | Ficus religiosa ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 128 Lat/Lng : 24.6959 / 84.9915 | Ficus religiosa or sacred fig is a species of fig native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina that belongs to Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family. It is also known as the bodhi tree,Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 1971, p (...) | |
| 91 | Flipkart ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 886 Lat/Lng : 12.9333 / 77.6944 | Flipkart Pvt Ltd. is an Indian electronic commerce company based in Bengaluru, India. Founded by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal in 2007, the company initially focused on book sales, before expanding into other product categories such as consumer electronics, fashion, and lifestyle products (...) | |
| 92 | Bombardier Transportation ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 52.5018 / 13.3758 | Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Canadian firm Bombardier Inc. Bombardier Transportation is one of the world's largest companies in the rail vehicle and equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Bombardier Transportation is headquartered in Berlin (...) | |
| 93 | National Stock Exchange of India ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 19.0603 / 72.8597 | The National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) is the leading stock exchange of India, located in Mumbai. The NSE was established in 1992 as the first demutualized electronic exchange in the country. NSE was the first exchange in the country to provide a modern, fully automated screen-based (...) | |
| 94 | 2016 Uri attack ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1312 Lat/Lng : 34.0861 / 74.0333 | The 2016 Uri attack was an attack by four heavily armed militants on 18 September 2016, near the town of Uri in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It was reported as "the deadliest attack on security forces in Kashmir in two decades" (...) | |
| 95 | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 271 Lat/Lng : 29.8644 / 77.8964 | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (abbreviated IIT Roorkee or IITR), formerly University of Roorkee and Thomason College of Civil Engineering, is a public engineering university located in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India (...) | |
| 96 | City, University of London ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 51.5273 / -0.1025 | City, University of London is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Since 2016 it has been a constituent college of The University of London. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute and became a university when The City University was created by royal charter in 1966 (...) | |
| 97 | Sakhalin ![]() FeatureType : isle Elevation : 320 Lat/Lng : 51.0 / 143.0 | Sakhalin (Karafuto) is a large Russian island in the North Pacific Ocean, lying between 45°50' and 54°24' N. It is Russia's largest island, and is administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast. Sakhalin, which is about one third the size of Honshu, is just off the east coast of Russia, and just north of (...) | |
| 98 | DBS Bank ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 25 Lat/Lng : 1.2791 / 103.8545 | DBS Bank is a multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3 Marina Bay, Singapore. The company was known as The Development Bank of Singapore Limited, before the present name was adopted in July 2003 to reflect its changing role as a (...) | |
| 99 | Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 155 Lat/Lng : 11.0488 / 77.9977 | The Tamil Nadu Newsprint and Papers Limited (TNPL) was established by the Government of Tamil Nadu to produce newsprint and writing paper using bagasse, a sugarcane residue. The Government of Tamil Nadu listed the paper mill in April 1979 as one of the most environmentally compliant paper mills in (...) | |
| 100 | Durham Light Infantry ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 79 Lat/Lng : 54.7844 / -1.5811 | The Durham Light Infantry (DLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1968. It was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and the 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) along (...) | |
| 101 | Ponnani ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 10.77 / 75.9 | Ponnani is a Municipality in Ponnani Taluk, Malappuram District, in the state of Kerala. It serves as the administrative center of the Taluk and Block Panchayat of the same name. It is situated at the estuary of Bharatappuzha (River Ponnani), on its southern bank, and is bounded by the Arabian Sea (...) | |
| 102 | Nihonjin gakkō ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 216 Lat/Lng : 42.1214 / -87.9814 | , also called Japanese school, is a full-day school outside Japan for native speakers of Japanese. It is an expatriate school designed for children whose parents are working on diplomatic, business, or education missions overseas and have plans to repatriate to Japan (...) | |
| 103 | Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 88 Lat/Lng : 23.6253 / 87.2414 | Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport , named after Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, a project under Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited (BAPL), is a domestic airport located at Andal, West Bengal, India. The airport serves the industrial cities of Asansol and Durgapur (...) | |
| 104 | Madame Tussauds Delhi ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 217 Lat/Lng : 28.6306 / 77.2169 | Madame Tussauds Delhi is a wax museum and tourist attraction located on Regal Theatre in New Delhi, India.It is the twenty third location for the Tussauds , which was set up by sculptor Marie Tussaud. Madame Tussauds is owned and operated by Merlin Entertainments.http://m.ndtv (...) | |
| 105 | West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 2 Lat/Lng : 22.55 / 88.4 | The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS or NUJS) is an autonomous law university offering courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It is in Salt Lake City of Kolkata, West Bengal, India (...) | |
| 106 | Tarn Taran Sahib ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 227 Lat/Lng : 31.4491 / 74.9205 | Tarn Taran Sahib is a town in the Majha region of the state of Punjab, in northern India. It is the district headquarters and hosts the municipal council of Tarn Taran district. Gurdwara Sri Tarn Taran Sahib, a prominent Sikh shrine is located in the central part of the city. (...) | |
| 107 | Tallinn University of Technology ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 30 Lat/Lng : 59.395 / 24.6719 | Established in 1918, Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech; , abbreviated TTÜ) is the only technical university in Estonia. TalTech, in the capital city of Tallinn, is a university for engineering, business, and public administration (...) | |
| 108 | San Diego–Tijuana ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 32.5422 / -117.0296 | San Diego–Tijuana is an international metropolitan conurbation, straddling the border of the adjacent North American coastal cities of San Diego, California, United States and Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The 2012 population of the region was 4,922,723, making it the largest bi-national (...) | |
| 109 | 1967 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 51.6523 / -0.082 | ==Events== ===January=== * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the British North America Act, 1867, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 2 – Ronald Reagan, past movie actor and future President of the United States, is inaugurated the (...) | |
| 110 | Indian Institute of Management Rohtak ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 237 Lat/Lng : 28.8528 / 76.5471 | Indian Institute of Management Rohtak (IIM Rohtak or IIM-R) is a public business school located in Rohtak, Haryana, India. Founded in 2009 as the eighth Indian Institute of Management, it is the first IIM in North India and the only IIM in National Capital Region (...) | |
| 111 | Jantar Mantar, Jaipur ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 436 Lat/Lng : 26.9247 / 75.8244 | The Jantar Mantar monument in Jaipur, Rajasthan is a collection of nineteen architectural astronomical instruments built by the Rajput king Sawai Jai Singh II, and completed in 1734. Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy, in partnership with UNESCO World Heritage Site It features the world's largest (...) | |
| 112 | St. Xavier's College, Kolkata ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 22.5484 / 88.356 | St. Xavier's College is a private, co-educational college located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Founded in 1860 by Fr. Henri Depelchin S.J., it is the second oldest of Jesuit Institutions in India (after St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli) and is named after St (...) | |
| 113 | Institut Français ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 48.8544 / 2.2937 | The Institut Français (French capitalization, Institut français; "French institute") is a French public industrial and commercial organization (EPIC). Started in 1907 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for promoting French, francophone as well as local cultures around the world, in 2011 it replaced (...) | |
| 114 | Ali Mazrui ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 21 Lat/Lng : -4.0618 / 39.6789 | Ali Al'amin Mazrui (24 February 1933 – 12 October 2014), was an academic professor, and political writer on African and Islamic studies and North-South relations. He was born in Mombasa, Kenya. His positions included Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University in (...) | |
| 115 | Dharavi ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 19.0402 / 72.8508 | Dharavi is a locality in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is considered one of the largest slums in Asia. Dharavi has an area of just over and a population of about 700,000. With a population density of over , Dharavi is one of the densest areas in the world (...) | |
| 116 | Indian Army ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 114 Lat/Lng : 26.5333 / 94.2167 | The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and it is commanded by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is a four-star general (...) | |
| 117 | Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 47 Lat/Lng : 8.524 / 76.928 | The Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram (also known as Thiruvananthapuram Medical College) is in Thiruvananthapuram (the capital of Kerala), India. Founded in 1951, it was dedicated by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and is Kerala's oldest medical college (...) | |
| 118 | Gujarat National Law University ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 62 Lat/Lng : 23.1528 / 72.6608 | Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) is a National Law University established under the Gujarat National Law University Act, 2003 in the state of Gujarat. The university is located at Gandhinagar, which is the capital of Gujarat and is located 23 kilometers north of the city of Ahmedabad (...) | |
| 119 | Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 209 Lat/Lng : 28.6278 / 77.2421 | The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is the national professional accounting body of India. It was established on 1 July 1949 as a statutory body under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 enacted by the Parliament (acting as the provisional Parliament of India) to regulate the (...) | |
| 120 | Bids for the 2012 Summer Olympics ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 49 Lat/Lng : 48.8495 / 2.2499 | Nine cities submitting bids to host the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics were recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Committee shortlisted five of them—London, Madrid, Moscow, New York City, and Paris—from which London eventually prevailed; thus becoming the (...) | |
| 121 | Japan Foundation ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 52 Lat/Lng : 35.6874 / 139.7178 | The was established in 1972 by an Act of the National Diet as a special legal entity to undertake international dissemination of Japanese culture, and became an Independent Administrative Institution under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 1 October 2003 under the "Independent (...) | |
| 122 | Aloor, Kerala ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 33 Lat/Lng : 10.3394 / 76.2944 | Aloor is a panchayath in Chalakudy-Mukundapuram taluks in Thrissur district in Kerala, India. Nearby towns are Irinjalakuda and Chalakudi.The Postal Index Number (PIN) of Aloor is 680683 since Aloor and a few other post offices fall under the Main Post Office of Kallettumkara (...) | |
| 123 | Jhumri Telaiya ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 394 Lat/Lng : 24.4289 / 85.5355 | Jhumri Telaiya (also spelled as Jhumri Tilaiya) is a city in the Koderma District of Jharkhand, India. It is situated in the Damodar Valley. Alternative English transliterations of the town's name include Jhumri Tilaiya, Jhumari Talaiya, and Jhumri Tilaiya. (...) | |
| 124 | Maramon Convention ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 9.3339 / 76.7011 | The Maramon Convention, one of the largest Christian convention in Asia, is held at Maramon, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India annually during the month of February on the vast sand-bed of the Pampa River next to the Kozhencherry Bridge (...) | |
| 125 | Apeejay School, Pitampura, Delhi ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 219 Lat/Lng : 28.6902 / 77.1211 | Apeejay School, Pitampura is a higher–secondary school located in Pitampura, New Delhi, India. It was founded in 1990 and is affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). It is owned and run by the Apeejay Education Society which has 14 schools and 13 institutes of higher learning (...) | |
| 126 | Piprahwa ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 99 Lat/Lng : 27.443 / 83.1278 | Piprahwa is a village near Birdpur in Siddharthnagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Kalanamak rice, a scented and spicy variety of rice is grown in this area. Piprahwa is best known for its archaeological site and excavations that suggest that it may have been the burial place of the (...) | |
| 127 | Metro ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 275 Lat/Lng : -8.1831 / 112.5342 | Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to: (...) | |
| 128 | National Law School of India University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 841 Lat/Lng : 12.9551 / 77.5173 | The National Law School of India University (NLSIU) is an institution of legal education focusing on undergraduate and graduate legal and policy education in India. It was the first National Law University to be established in India as well as one of the first in the country to offer the five-year (...) | |
| 129 | International Energy Agency ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 48.8547 / 2.2915 | The International Energy Agency (IEA;) is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization established in the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 1974 in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis (...) | |
| 130 | History of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 44 Lat/Lng : -33.9421 / 150.8856 | The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has evolved from its origins as a licensing scheme administered by the Postmaster-General's Department into a content provider in radio, television and new media. (...) | |
| 131 | Techfest ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 54 Lat/Lng : 19.1336 / 72.9154 | Techfest is the annual science and technology festival of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. It also refers to the independent body of students who organize this event along with many other social initiatives and outreach programs around the year (...) | |
| 132 | Pollution of the Ganges ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 106 Lat/Lng : 26.1725 / 80.6492 | Pollution of the Ganges (or Ganga), the largest river in India, poses significant threats to human health and the larger environment. Severely polluted with human waste and industrial contaminants, the river provides water to about 40% of India's population across 11 states, serving an estimated (...) | |
| 133 | Indian Air Force ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 246 Lat/Lng : 31.4369 / 75.7558 | The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian armed forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks fourth amongst the airforces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflict (...) | |
| 134 | St Joseph's Boys' High School, Bangalore ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 919 Lat/Lng : 12.9709 / 77.6036 | St Joseph's Boys' High School (formerly St. Joseph's European High School) located on Museum Road in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, is under Jesuit administration. The school moved to a new building in 2007 in time for its 150th jubilee in 2008. Annually Old Boys Day draws alumni from around the globe (...) | |
| 135 | International Fleet Review 2016 ![]() FeatureType : event Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 17.6958 / 83.2807 | International Fleet Review 2016 (IFR 2016) was an international maritime exercise hosted and conducted by the Indian Navy on behalf of the President of India in February 2016 to improve relations with other navies in the region (...) | |
| 136 | Gomti Nagar ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 115 Lat/Lng : 26.8449 / 81.0095 | Gomti Nagar is an area in the North Indian city of Lucknow consisting of both residential and business settlements. It is one of the largest and upcoming areas of Lucknow. Gomti Nagar has the population of over 500,000 (...) | |
| 137 | Mahemdavad ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 37 Lat/Lng : 22.8236 / 72.7555 | Mahemdavad is a town with municipality in the Kheda district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Mahemdavad is situated on the Vatrak River bank. (...) | |
| 138 | Moreh, India ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 300 Lat/Lng : 24.3517 / 94.3422 | Moreh is a town located on the India-Myanmar border in the Tengnoupal district of the Indian state of (...) | |
| 139 | Tokyo University of Foreign Studies ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 35.6923 / 139.7582 | , often referred to as TUFS, is a specialist research university in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan. TUFS is primarily devoted to foreign language, international affairs and foreign studies. It also features an Asia-African institution. (...) | |
| 140 | LSE Cities ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 30 Lat/Lng : 51.5157 / -0.115 | LSE Cities is a research centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The purpose of the centre is to increase knowledge and understanding of how people and cities interact in a rapidly urbanising world, focusing on how the physical form and design of cities impacts on society, (...) | |
| 141 | Clifford Chance ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 5 Lat/Lng : 51.5027 / -0.017 | Clifford Chance LLP is a multinational law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and a member of the "Magic Circle" of leading British law firms. It is one of the ten largest law firms in the world measured both by number of lawyers and revenue (...) | |
| 142 | Chennai Rail Museum ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 13.1003 / 80.2075 | The Chennai Rail Museum is a railway museum in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The museum opened on 16 April 2002 on the premises of the Furnishing Division of the Integral Coach Factory near Villivakkam. Located across 6 (...) | |
| 143 | KidZania ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 2638 Lat/Lng : 19.3611 / -99.2802 | KidZania is a privately held Mexican chain of indoor family entertainment centers currently operating in 24 locations worldwide, allowing children to role play adult jobs and earn currency. KidZania has received more than 68 million visitors since its opening, making it one of the fastest growing (...) | |
| 144 | D.A.V. College Managing Committee ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 222 Lat/Lng : 28.6438 / 77.208 | The D.A.V. College Managing Committee, familiarly known as DAVCMC, is a non-governmental educational organisation in India and overseas with over 900 schools, 75 colleges and a university. It is based on the ideals of the religious and social reformer, Swami Dayanand Saraswati (...) | |
| 145 | Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 10.6711 / -61.5336 | Saint James is a district of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The main road is the Western Main Road. It runs from Woodbrook to Cocorite. St. James is also known for its diverse mixture of cultural activities. Port of Spain's last major municipal expansion occurred in 1938, when the St (...) | |
| 146 | Little India, Penang ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 11 Lat/Lng : 5.4177 / 100.3386 | Covering an area around Queen Street, Chulia Street and Market Street, Little India (Tamil: குட்டி இந்தியா) in the city of George Town in Malaysia, is an ethnic Indian enclave. The oldest Hindu temple in Penang, Sri Mahamariamman Temple is located here.http://www.malaysiavacationsnet (...) | |
| 147 | Bahá'í Faith in Laos ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 174 Lat/Lng : 17.9667 / 102.6 | The Bahá'í Faith in Laos begins after a brief mention by `Abdu'l-Bahá in 1916 and the first Bahá'í enters Laos in about 1955. The first Bahá'í Local Spiritual Assembly is known to be first elected by 1958 in Vientiane and eventually Laos' own National Spiritual Assembly is first elected in 1967 (...) | |
| 148 | Shahi Hammam ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 221 Lat/Lng : 31.5821 / 74.326 | The Shahi Hammam (Urdu and ; "Royal Baths"), also known as the Wazir Khan Hammam, is a Persian-style bath which was built in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1635 C.E. during the reign of Emperor Shah Jahan. It was built by chief physician to the Mughal Court, Ilam-ud-din Ansari, who was widely known as Wazir (...) | |
| 149 | Kavalkinaru ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 86 Lat/Lng : 8.276 / 77.581 | Kavalkinaru is a town in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. It is located 24 km (15 Miles) from Nagercoil, 69 km (43 Miles) from Tirunelveli, and 99 km from Trivandrum International Airport. The nearest port, Tuticorin Port Trust, (also known as V.O.Chidambaram Port), is 111 km from Kavalkinaru (...) | |
| 150 | The Oberoi, Gurgaon ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 238 Lat/Lng : 28.5022 / 77.0882 | The Oberoi, Gurgaon is a luxury hotel in Gurgaon, the business hub on the outskirts of capital New Delhi. Owned by Gurgaon-based developers Orbit Resorts the owner is Parkash Singh Badal and managed by The Oberoi Hotels & Resorts chain, it was built at a cost of and opened on 13 April 2011 catering (...) | |
| 151 | St. Vincent's Convent School ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 16 Lat/Lng : 21.4971 / 86.9328 | St. Vincent's Convent School, Balasore is an English medium school in the coastal city of Balasore, Odisha, India. It imparts schooling till Higher Secondary level. It is located in the Katcheri road or the Vivekananda marg (...) | |
| 152 | Wigan and Leigh College ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 53.4995 / -2.5255 | Wigan and Leigh College is a state General Further and Higher Education College based at six locations in the towns of Wigan and Leigh in Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Currently there are over 1,000 staff members employed, and more than 17,000 students enrolled in full-time or (...) | |
| 153 | Madame Tussauds San Francisco ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 37.8082 / -122.4148 | Madame Tussauds San Francisco is a wax museum located in Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco in California. The attraction opened on June 26, 2014 and became the 17th Madame Tussauds museum to open worldwide. The attraction features wax figures of famous figures from movies, music, politics, popular (...) | |
| 154 | Kingdom of Nepal ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 174 Lat/Lng : 17.9667 / 102.6 | The Kingdom of Nepal , also known as the Kingdom of Gorkha , was a Hindu kingdom on the Indian subcontinent, formed in 1768, by the unification of Nepal. Founded by King Prithvi Narayan Shah, a Gorkhali monarch of Rajput origin, it existed for 240 years until the abolition of the Nepalese monarchy (...) | |
| 155 | Toc-H Public School ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 9.9626 / 76.3129 | Toc H Public School is a public school in Kochi, Kerala, India. The school is affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi, for AISSE (Grade 10) and AISSCE (Grade 12) examinations. (...) | |
| 156 | SS Ural Maru ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : 15.6667 / 117.3 | was a 6,374-ton Japanese merchant vessel, used as a transport ship and hospital ship during World War II. She was torpedoed and sunk with the loss of some 2,000 lives on 27 September 1944. (...) | |
| 157 | Asian School of Business ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 42 Lat/Lng : 8.6051 / 76.8488 | Asian School of Business is an AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) approved business school located in Technocity West, Pallipuram, Trivandrum, Kerala. India. The institution was established in 2005 (...) | |
| 158 | Dhurnal ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 448 Lat/Lng : 32.8 / 72.1 | Dhurnal is a town and an administrative subdivision, of Chakwal District in the Punjab Province of Pakistan, it is part of Talagang Tehsil and is located at 32°47'60N 72°5'60E. Surrounded by Soon Valley from south, Thoa Mahram Khan from east, the greater Lawa from west and Kot Qazi, Mial, Laiti, (...) | |
| 159 | St. Germain High School ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 921 Lat/Lng : 12.9936 / 77.6105 | St. Germain High School is an unaided private institution, established in January 1944. The school began in the former Clergy and Archbishop's House, which had housed St. Joseph's Boys High School before they moved to their present location in Richmond Town (...) | |
| 160 | Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 901 Lat/Lng : 13.1292 / 77.5871 | Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (NMIT) is an autonomous engineering college in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. The college is and approved by the AICTE, New Delhi. NMIT offers a four-year graduate programme in engineering leading to the award of the degree Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) (...) | |
| 161 | Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 265 Lat/Lng : 28.5375 / 77.1484 | Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj (DPS Vasant Kunj or DPS VK) is a school located in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India. DPS Vasant Kunj offers academic services from Kindergarten through Grade XII. The school has a combined strength of 205 teachers at the senior and junior level, and an enrollment of (...) | |
| 162 | Amaravati Stupa ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 16.5753 / 80.358 | The Amarāvatī Stupa, popularly known as the great stūpa at Amarāvathī, is a ruined Buddhist monument, probably built in phases between the third century BCE and about 250 CE, at Amaravathi village, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India (...) | |
| 163 | Wolters Kluwer ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : -1 Lat/Lng : 52.1269 / 4.6541 | Wolters Kluwer N.V. is a global information services company. The company is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands. Wolters Kluwer in its current form was founded in 1987 with a merger between Kluwer Publishers and Wolters Samsom (...) | |
| 164 | German Investment Corporation ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 50.9338 / 6.9527 | Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG) is a Development Finance Institution (DFI) and a subsidiary of KfW Group. It was founded in Cologne in September 1962 as a federally owned company by the former Federal President Walter Scheel (...) | |
| 165 | Madras Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 13.0212 / 80.1858 | The MIOT International is a multi-specialty hospital in Manapakkam, Chennai, India. It is a specialty hospital in the field of joint replacement surgeries, Interventional Cardiology , orthopaedics and trauma. Founded by P. V. A (...) | |
| 166 | Sri Kanaka Maha Lakshmi Temple ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 17.7005 / 83.296 | Sri Kanaka Maha Lakshmi is the presiding deity of Visakhapatnam locals. The temple is located in Burujupeta of Visakhapatnam city. (...) | |
| 167 | Pannur ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 13.4333 / 80.0167 | Pannur is a village in Thiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu. The village is close to the Tamil Nadu - Andhra Pradesh border and a majority of the populace are Roman Catholics and Kamma Naidus with Telugu-speakers. Pannur village has contributed one bishop, and many number of priests and nuns to serve to (...) | |
| 168 | Afilias ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 15 Lat/Lng : 53.3495 / -6.2503 | Afilias, Inc. is a US Corporation that is the registry operator of the .info, .mobi and .pro top-level domain, service provider for registry operators of .org, .ngo, .lgbt, .asia, .aero, and a provider of domain name registry services for countries around the world, including .MN (Mongolia), (...) | |
| 169 | Baldwin Boys' High School ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 913 Lat/Lng : 12.9628 / 77.6059 | Baldwin Boys' High School (or BBHS), often informally referred to as Baldwins, is a private, all-boys boarding school, founded in 1880, in Bangalore, India. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools in Bangalore, consisting of more day-scholars than boarders (...) | |
| 170 | Larsen & Toubro ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 17 Lat/Lng : 18.935 / 72.8417 | Larsen & Toubro Limited, commonly known as L&T, is one of the largest Indian multi-national firms and leading construction company in India headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded by two Danish engineers taking refuge in India (...) | |
| 171 | Cenotaph ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 49 Lat/Lng : 22.2815 / 114.1606 | A cenotaph is an empty tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of people whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been reinterred elsewhere. Although the vast majority of cenotaphs honour individuals, many noted cenotaphs are instead (...) | |
| 172 | Airbus Training Centre Europe ![]() FeatureType : airport Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 43.6258 / -1.3867 | Airbus Training Centre Europe is one of the eight centres of the European aerospace company Airbus dedicated to airline pilot and engineer training. Located at Blagnac, close to Toulouse (France), the centre is approved by civil aviation authority to deliver courses on Airbus A300, A310, A320 (...) | |
| 173 | Rukmini Devi Public School ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 220 Lat/Lng : 28.7087 / 77.1029 | Rukmini Devi Public School (or RDPS) is a school located in north-west Delhi, India. The building was constructed over a plot area of 3.4 acres allotted by the Delhi Development Authority, New Delhi. The school is recognized by the Directorate of Education, government of NCT, Delhi and is affiliated (...) | |
| 174 | Madapuram ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 11.3758 / 79.6706 | Madapuram is a small village in India that lies on the banks of the Vaigai River and on the National Highway 49 that connects Madurai with Rameshwaram. The village is situated from Madurai. Though Madapuram is near Madurai it is within Sivagangai district.http://www.sivaganga.tn.nic (...) | |
| 175 | Srimathi Sundravalli Memorial School ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 12.9565 / 80.1336 | Srimathi Sundaravalli Memorial School (or SSM) is located in Nagappa Nagar, Chrompet, Chennai, India.A second school was started in perungaluthur in 2012 which now hosts class PreKG to 12. It is located 13 km from the main school. The school follows CBSE standard of education (...) | |
| 176 | Jadayampalayam Pudur ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 329 Lat/Lng : 11.293 / 76.9495 | Jadayampalayam Pudur is a small village, located 4 km from Mettupalayam town, on Mettupalayam-Tirupur state highway 80. The village become very famous because of its residential development. (...) | |