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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CULTURE
RAJYASABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTIONNO.1473
ANSWERED ON 12.02.2026
DELISTING OF MONUMENTS
1473. SHRI PRAMOD TIWARI:
Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:
(a) the details of monuments delisted from the protected list so far and the reasons therefor;
(b) the details of centrally protected monuments missing;
(c) the present status of progress of works to digitize manuscripts, artefacts and archival
material;
(d) the efforts made to document endangered folk art forms;
(e) whether ASI could provide security guards to all historical sites; and
(f) if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWERS
THE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM
(SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)
(a) Recently the Centre Government has delisted 18 monuments from the list of Protected
Monuments as they were found to have ceased to be of national importance as per the
provisions of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958. The
details are given at Annexure.
(b) No protected monument is missing at present.
(c) More than 7.5 Lakh manuscripts have been digitized under Gyan Bharatam Mission, Out
of which, 1.29 Lakh manuscripts are available on Gyan Bharatam Portal
https://gyanbharatam.com.
(d) Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) undertakes documentation, research,
field surveys and audio-visual recording of traditional and endangered folk and tribal art
forms through its cultural documentation programmes and regional initiatives.
Workshops, seminars, exhibitions and publications are also organized to support
preservation and dissemination of traditional knowledge systems.
(e)& Multi-Tasking Staff have been posted for watch and ward duties as per requirement at
(f) protected monuments and areas. Further, at selected monuments, private security
personnel are also deployed considering the footfall and sensitivity. In addition, CISF
personnel have been deployed at Red Fort, Delhi and Taj Mahal, Agra.ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1473 FOR 12.02.2026.
DETAILS OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES &REMAINS
CEASED TO BE OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE.
Sl. Name of Monument Locality District State
No
.
1. Nicholson Statue and its Outside the Kashmiri Delhi Delhi (NCT)
platform, and the surrounding Gate, Delhi
gardens, paths and enclosure
wall
2. Kos Minar No.13 Village Mujessar Gurugram Haryana
(Gurgaon)
3. Kos Minar Shahabad Karnal Haryana
4. Inscription in the fort of Bachhaun Satna Madhya Pradesh
Bachhaun
5. Bara Khamba Cemetery Imperial City, Delhi Delhi Delhi
6. Inchla Wali Gumti MubarakpurKotla Delhi Delhi
7. Temple (12th Century) Baran Kotah Rajasthan
8. Inscription in Fort Nagar Jaipur Rajasthan
9. (cid:2869)(cid:2871) Dwarahat Almora Uttarakhand
Kutumbari area nalis
(cid:2869)(cid:2874)
10. A banyan grove of great Bharanli Ganga tir Ghazipur Uttar Pradesh
antiquity containing traces of
ancient buildings
11. Closed Cemetery, Katra Naka South-west of Banda City Banda Uttar Pradesh
12. Gunner Burkill’s Tomb at Rangoon Jhansi Uttar Pradesh
Rangoon
13. Cemetery Gaughat Lucknow Uttar Pradesh
14. Cemeteries At mile 6 and 8, Jahraila Lucknow Uttar Pradesh
Road
15. Tombs in miles 3, 4 and 5, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow-Fyzabad Road
16. Remains of 3 small Linga Ahugi Mirzapur Uttar Pradesh
temples to the north of the
village Circa 1000 A.D.
17. Telia Nala Buddhist ruins, Forms part of a deserted Varanasi Uttar Pradesh
forms part of deserted village Masjid, immediately (Benares)
above the Nala on the high
ground of its left bank a
short distance from the
point where it runs into the
Ganga and close to the
main street under which it
flows
18. Tablet on the Treasury Varanasi Varanasi Uttar Pradesh
Building (Benares) (Benares)
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