{"id":112140,"date":"2021-04-23T12:47:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T12:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=112140"},"modified":"2021-04-23T12:47:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T12:47:26","slug":"international-day-for-monuments-and-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/international-day-for-monuments-and-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"International Day for Monuments and Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question- International Day for Monuments and Sites is celebrated on-<\/strong><br>(a) 18th April<br>(b) 7th May<br>(c) 10th June<br>(d) 7th March<br><strong>Ans. (a)<br>Related facts-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Every year, the United Nations marks April 18 as the International Day for Monuments and Sites, in many countries also celebrated as World Heritage Day.<\/li><li>The theme for this year is \u201cComplex Pasts: Diverse Futures\u201d.<\/li><li>Globally, the day is promoted by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS).<\/li><li>ICOMOS in 1982 had decided to celebrate April 18 as the International Day for Monuments and Sites or World Heritage Day. Approved by UNESCO in 1983 during its 22nd General Conference, the day is dedicated to recognising sites of historical importance, raising awareness regarding them, and stressing the need to restore and preserve them.<\/li><li>Currently, there are 38 World Heritage Sites located in India. Of these, 30 are \u2018cultural\u2019, such as the Ajanta Caves, Fatehpur Sikri, Hampi monuments and the Mountain Railways of India, and 7 are \u2018Natural\u2019, including Kaziranga, Manas and Nanda Devi National Parks. One is classified as \u2018Mixed\u2019, the Khangchendzonga National Park.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By- Yogesh Pratap Singh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reference- <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/world-heritage-day-april-18-7278757\/.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/world-heritage-day-april-18-7278757\/.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question- International Day for Monuments and Sites is celebrated on-(a) 18th April(b) 7th May(c) 10th June(d) 7th MarchAns. (a)Related facts- Every year, the United Nations marks April 18 as the International Day for Monuments and Sites, in many countries also celebrated as World Heritage Day. The theme for this year is \u201cComplex Pasts: Diverse Futures\u201d. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":112141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[2529],"class_list":["post-112140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-intne","tag-international-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112142,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112140\/revisions\/112142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}