Maharashtra govt seeks World Heritage tag for 14 forts

The Maharashtra government has prepared and submitted a tentative ‘serial’ nomination in order to seek the World Heritage Site tag for 14 forts in the state. All 14 of them belong to the era of Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the 17th century and these forts have been built on the theme of Maratha Military Architecture. The Ministry of Culture after a serial nomination by the Archaeological Survey of India has forwarded the list to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

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