MONUMENTS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE

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• According to the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, an “Ancient Monument means any structure, erection or monument, or any tumulus or place of interment, or any cave, rock-sculpture, inscription or monolith which is of historical, archaeological or artistic interest and which has been in existence for not less than 100 years."
  
  
• There are 3,693 centrally protected monuments/sites under the ASI in the country.
  
  
• Uttar Pradesh (745 monuments/sites), Karnataka (506) and Tamil Nadu (413) have the highest number of ASI-maintained sites.
  
  

List of Monuments Of National Importance declared in 2018:

Following six monuments were declared protected and of national importance by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in 2018 –

1. The 125-year-old Old High Court Building in Nagpur, Maharashtra.
   
   
2. Hathi Khana, a Mughal-era monument in Agra.
   
   
3. Haveli of Agha Khan, a Mughal-era monument in Agra
   
   
4. The ancient Neemrana Baori in Rajasthan's Alwar district.
   
   
5. The Group of Temples at Ranipur Jharail in Odisha's Bolangir district.
   
   
6. the Vishnu Temple in Kotali, Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand.