Fifty years ago | Ajanta, Ellora complex to be put on tourism map
A 1976 archival report discusses the 'Operation Aurangabad' scheme, which aimed to integrate the Ajanta and Ellora caves into the global tourism map. The initiative involved collaboration between Air-India and international tourism offices.
Why it matters
The article documents the strategic development of India's cultural tourism infrastructure during the 1970s.
Fifty years ago | Ajanta, Ellora complex to be put on tourism map From the Archives, October 6, 1976 Aurangabad, October 5: Air-India which works in close collaboration with the Government’s tourist offices abroad in promoting tourist traffic to India would shortly extend this arrangement to Australia and the Far East, the Managing Director, Mr. K.K. Unni, said here yesterday. Mr.
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