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Catherine Fletcher

Historian, Author, BBC New Generation Thinker

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India Gallery 3: Jantar Mantar, Delhi

Jantar Mantar is one of the quirkiest heritage sites in Delhi. It’s a giant astronomical observatory, built in 1725 for Maharaja Jai Singh.

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