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Article: Jagmohan elated over Bhimbetka's World Heritage site status.

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July 4, 2003
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New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) India's Tourism and Culture Minister Jagmohan on Friday expressed happiness over the decision of the UNESCO to declare rock shelters of Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh as World Heritage Site.

"It is considered a feather in the cap, coming in the context of Taj controversy" he told select reporters here.

Stating that the UNESCO's Paris office had intimated to his Ministry ...

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