TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION
INDIAN TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATION NATIONAL PARKS AND SANCTUARIES
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Kolkata and Mumbai
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Delhi and Chennai
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Kolkata and Amritsar
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Tirupati and Ludhiana
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Detailed explanation-1: -Sher Shah Suri built the Shahi (Royal) road to strengthen and consolidate his empire from the Indus Valley to the Sonar Valley in Bengal. This road was renamed the Grand Trunk (GT) road during the British period, connecting Calcutta and Peshawar. At present, it extends from Amritsar to Kolkata.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Grand Trunk Road (GT Road) is one of Asia’s great historical roads and a major route connecting Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent for at least 2, 500 years. It is a 2, 400 km (1, 500 mi) stretch from Teknaf in southeast Bangladesh, across parts of India and Pakistan, to Kabul in Afghanistan.
Detailed explanation-3: -It runs roughly 2, 400 km (1, 491 mi) from Teknaf, Bangladesh on the border with Myanmar west to Kabul, Afghanistan, passing through Chittagong and Dhaka in Bangladesh, Kolkata, Prayagraj, Delhi, and Amritsar in India, and Lahore, Gujrat, Rawalpindi, and Peshawar in Pakistan.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sher Shah Suri built the Grand Trunk Road, a road that connects Bengal to Pakistan.