September 27, 2004
Taj celebrations start today
India's Taj Mahal Set to Celebrate 350th Birthday (Reuters.com)
The six month long celebrations start today but the Supreme Court said it cannot permit the Uttar Pradesh government to go ahead with the celebrations near the World Heritage monument without the Archaeological Survey of India and security agencies giving their clearance.
The Reuters report's last line is intriguing. It says, "When war clouds loomed in 2002, Indian officials drew up a plan to camouflage the monument, one of the seven wonders of the world, with olive green cloth to stop Pakistani jets from spotting it."
Wouldn't they have used GPS to target the Taj?
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