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main tourist attractions are the Victoria heart of northern India, it is bounded
Memorial Hall, the National Library, by Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and

Indian Museum, Nicco Park and Rajasthan. Delhi is very hot in summer
Rabindra Setu (Howrah Bridge). and cold in winter. It receives

Assam moderate rainfall.
• Languages and festivals : Languages of
• Location, land and crops : Located in
Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi are spoken by
northeast India, Assam is bounded by
Delhiites. They celebrate many festivals
Bangladesh on its west and Bhutan on
– mainly Diwali, Holi, Dussehra, Eid,
its north. Assam has many river
Christmas and Gurupurab.
valleys and fertile land. Its main crops
are jute, tea, rice, sugarcane and • Tourist places : Delhi has many tourist

pulses. places like the Red Fort, Qutub Minar,
India Gate, Rashtrapati Bhawan,
• Climate and rivers : Winters have fog
Rajghat, Jama Masjid, Jantar Mantar,
and snow, while summers are not very
Lotus Temple, Akshardham Temple
hot. It receives excessive rainfall. The
and Sansad Bhawan.
Brahmaputra is its main river.

• Languages and festivals : People here
speak mainly Assamese, Bodo, Bangla
and Nepali. The Bihus (Bhogali,

Kongali and Magh) are celebrated in a
very big way.

Red Fort

The Coastal Plains

The plain that lies along the coast is called

the coastal plain. It is divided into
Kaziranga Na onal Park
Western Coastal Plains and Eastern
• Main cities and special features : Dispur, Coastal Plains. These plains stretch from

Guwahati, Sibsagar (Shivasagar), Gujarat to West Bengal. The two coastal
Dibrugarh, Silchar and Digboi are its plains meet at Kanyakumari.

main cities. Kaziranga National Park is
Western Coastal Plains
Assam’s pride.
The Western Coastal Plains lie between

National Capital Territory of Delhi the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea.
• Location and climate : Located in the They stretche from Gujarat to Kerala.

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