Miss Dhun Khanduja and Mr. Tristan Courtenay Allan
The marriage took place on the 17th April 2008 between Dhun, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Kamal Khanduja and Tristan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oakes at Kunwarpada Lawns,
Jagmandir Island Palace, Udaipur. The wedding was followed by cocktails and dinner
at The Courtyard, Jagmandir. The celebrations started with sangeet and dinner at
The Manek Chowk, The City Palace Complex on 16th April 2008.
Go India Journeys organizes a familiarisation trip at the City Palace Complex
Go India Journeys organized a familiarisation trip for a group of foreign agents
at The City Palace Complex on 29th April 2008. Delegates started the day with breakfast
at Palki Khana, The Manek Chowk followed by a visit to The City Palace Museum, the
Durbar Hall and Crystal Gallery. Escorted by Mr. Prabhat Venna, Vice President Marketing
of Go India Journey and accompanied by Mr. Adityaveer Singh, General Manager, Group
Operations, HRH Group of Hotels; Mr. H A Subramanian, General Manager, Shiv Niwas
Palace and Mr. Kunal Singh, Manager – Sales & Marketing, Udaipur, HRH
Group of Hotels participants were shown the opulently decorated suites at Shiv Niwas
Palace and Fateh Prakash Palace.
Minister of tourism from Oman visits Udaipur
Mr. Karan Grover, an architect from Vadodara coordinated a visit for Her Excellency
Dr. Rajiha Abdul Ameer Ali, Minister for Tourism, Oman who visited Udaipur on 26th
April 2008. She was accompanied by Mr. Mohammed Al Sinani, Director General for
Planning, Follow-Up and Information, Oman ; Mr. Abdullah Al-Dhuhly, Heading Conversion
of Forts ; Mr. Wael Ahmed Al Lawati, CEO, Oman Tourism Development Company SAOC.
The group met Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur for tea at Shambhu Niwas Palace.
From left: Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur with
Her Excellency Dr. Rajiha Abdul Ameer Ali,
and delegates from the Ministry of Tourism, Oman
A search of catacombs with
Remote Substance(explosive) Locating Equipment – GT 200
Explosive detection survey at The City Palace Complex
An extensive conservation and restoration plan of The City Palace Complex has started.
The plan incorporates restoration as well as adaptive use of space that has been
unused for decades.
Since its foundations were laid in 1559, the city has been assaulted several times
and witnessed many heroic battles. In the 16th century Mughal Emperor Jahangir captured
Udaipur in his desperate effort to crush Mewar resistance, so the existence of antique
explosives in unexplored areas of the Palace complex needed investigation before
execution of the work could be carried out.
Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar of Udaipur, Chairman and Managing Trustee of the Maharana
of Mewar Charitable Foundation, therefore directed that as part of the preliminary
measure, a survey and search should be carried out with latest explosive detection
instruments to ensure that there was no evidence of any remains of antique explosive
/ devices. The areas searched included the catacombs underneath The Manek Chowk
and a secret escape tunnel at Rai Angan running through to Hathi Ka Agad. Horizon
Assignment (India) Pvt Ltd, Pune a company headed by its founder chairman Major
General S G Pitre (retd) was selected to carry out this assignment using detection
instruments imported from UK, has now been successfully completed.
A search of tunnel area with
Sheibel Explosive Detection System