ASI declared 6 monuments of national importance in 2018

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  • The six monuments declared protected and of national importance by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 2018.
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    • The six monuments are:
      1)  The 125-year-old Old High Court Building in Nagpur, Maharashtra,
      2)  Mughal-era monuments in Agra- Haveli of Agha Khan
      3)  Mughal era Hathi Khana.
      4)  The ancient Neemrana Baori in Rajasthan's Alwar district
      5)  The Group of Temples at Ranipur Jharail in Odisha's Bolangir district
      6 )  Vishnu Temple in Kotali, Pithoragarh district, Uttarkhand.
    • In 2016 and 2017, no new monument was included in the list of sites of national importance.
    • The last monument to be included in the list, in 2015, was the Vishnu Temple in Nadavayal in Kerala's Wayanad district.
Ancient Monuments
  • According to the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, an “Ancient Monument means any structure, erection or monument, or any tumulus or place of interment, or any cave, rock-sculpture, inscription or monolith which is of historical, archaeological or artistic interest and which has been in existence for not less than 100 years."
  • There were 3,686 centrally protected monuments/sites under the ASI in the country; the number has now increased to 3,693.
  • Uttar Pradesh (745 monuments/sites), Karnataka (506) and Tamil Nadu (413) have the highest number of ASI-maintained sites.
  • According to information available with the Ministry of Culture, 321 of these sites have been encroached upon.
Source
Indian Express.
Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 1st Jan 2019
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