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Charminar’s unique position

Hyderabad: The famous historical building Charminar, symbol of Hyderabad city has been selected by Earth Platinum, the world’s largest atlas which has found a place in the Guinness Book of World Records even before its publication for a different reason, for inclusion in it. The photo of Charminar is the only picture from a large country like India which finds a place in this huge atlas which itself holds the record of being the largest book of the world, measuring 6 ftX9 ft and weighing 120 kgs. It is published by Millennium House, a publishing house of Sydney (Australia) and established by Gordon Cheers, the publisher. The atlas has 128 pages and for compiling it latest available technology for cartography i.e. map drawing and photography has been used. The photo of Charminar, taken by Hyderabad-based photographer D. Ravinder Reddy was selected from among thousands of photos from India for inclusion in this giant-sized atlas. Gordon cheers congratulated Ravinder Reddy for his photo of the Charminar being included in his atlas.
 

This article appeared in The Milli Gazette print issue of 1-15 February 2012 on page no. 15

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