Tulip Garden

Asia's largest Tulip garden, the Indira Gandhi Tulip Garden in India's northern city of Srinagar, the summer capital of its Jammu and Kashmir state.

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Peacock door

Peacock door in Hawa Mahal, Jaipur,India.

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"Big Terror" of Changa Nala, India

This magnificent male tiger, known as "Big Terror", was killed in the village of Changa Nala in northern India close to the border with Nepal. The tiger had wandered over a large area of India for several years, killing at least eight and perhaps as many as a dozen people. Travelers on the road, walking or on bicycle, wood cutters and forest guards - no one was safe.

Dr. Denver Coleman of Pasadena, California, hunted and eventually killed this tiger in 1969.

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Indian Air Force's fighter jet - Sukhoi SU-30 MKI

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 21.935 m (72.97 ft)
• Wingspan: 14.7 m (48.2 ft)
• Height: 6.36 m (20.85 ft)
• Wing area: 62.0 m² (667 ft²)
• Empty weight: 17,700 kg (39,300 lb)
• Loaded weight: 24,900 kg (76,100 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 38,800 kg (85,600 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× Lyulka AL-31FP turbofans with thrust vectoring, 131 kN (29,400 lbf) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: Mach 2.35 (2,500 km/h) at 11,000 m (36,000 ft)
• Range: 3,000 km (1,620 nmi) at altitude; (1,270 km, 690 nmi near ground level)
• Service ceiling 17,300 m (56,800 ft)
• Rate of climb: >304 m/s (70,000 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 556 kg/m² (113 lb/ft²)
• Thrust/weight: 0.77 (at loaded weight)

Armament: Air to Air Missiles:

• 6 × R-27R/AA-10A/Astra semi-active radar homing medium range AAM of range 80 km.
• 6 × R-27T (AA-10B) infrared homing seeker, medium range AAM, 70 km
• 2 × R-27P (AA-10C) passive radar seeker, long range AAM
• 10 × R-77 (AA-12) active radar homing medium range AAM, 100 km
• 6 × R-73 (AA-11) short range AAM, 30 km

Air to Surface Missiles:

• 2 × Kh-59ME TV guided standoff Missile, 115 km
• 2 × Kh-59MK Laser guided standoff Missile, 130 km
• 4 × Kh-35Anti-Ship Missile, 130 km
• 3 × PJ-10 Bramhos Supersonic Cruise Missile,300 km
• 6 × Kh-31P/A anti-radar missile, 70 km
• 6 × Kh-29T/L laser guided missile, 30 km
• 4 × S-8 rocket pods (80 unguided rockets)
• 4 × S-13 rocket pods (20 unguided rockets)

Bombs:

• 6 × KAB-500L laser guided bombs
• 3 × KAB-1500L laser guided bombs
• 8 × FAB-500T bombs
• 28 × OFAB-250-270 bombs
• 32 × OFAB-100-120 bombs
• 8 × RBK-500 cluster bombs

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Ladakhi Yak

Yak grazing alongside a stream in Ladakh, India

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