Gwalior and Orchha have been included under UNESCO’s Historic Urban Landscape Project.
- Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhan launched the UNESCO’s Historic Urban Landscape Project in Gwalior and Orchha in a virtual event with UNESCO representatives and other senior officials of the state.
- Only eight cities in the entire South Asian region have been recognised under the UNESCO’s Historic Urban Landscape Project and Varanasi and Ajmer are the other two Indian cities recognised by UNESCO under the project.
- Both Gwalior and Orchha are located in the Northern part of Madhya Pradesh and both are famous among tourists nationally as well as internationally.
