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Morni Fort

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179:"There were three rooms and four attaris (enclosures of 15x12 sq feet) to be done up. We dedicated one room to flora and fauna and the attari behind it showcases animals in their natural habitat. A washroom was converted into a tiger's den with a bird gallery alongside.The second room displays the projects undertaken by Haryana forest department to conserve forest and wildlife such as agro forestry and vulture breeding The third room gives a peep into the environment challenges such as population explosion, forest fires, degradation, acid rain and degeneration of natural habitat," said by Dua. 203: 227: 26: 239: 215: 54: 191: 166:
The layout and design of the museum has been created by Harvansh Dua. It has dozens of figures of wildlife, wall murals, domes, caves and 3D artwork which took around 8 months to complete. The fort was converted to a museum by the
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Museum has been designed in such a way that it will attract people of all age groups but the focus is mainly on educating youth about the history of unknown places in this area.
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in FY 2017-18. It has photographs of the fort, photographs related to environment protection and those of animals and birds which are on a verge of extinction.
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The newly constructed Nature Museum cum learning Centre has been developed as a centre for carrying out study on nature.
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The Morni fort has four towers. The inside of the fort was improved in 1814 during the time when the King of
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The fort is visible from 4–5 km from Morni Town due to being at hilltop, while going from
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Total duration of tour inside museum took around 1h 30 min, Mon - Sun (09:00 AM to 05:00 PM)
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The Morni Fort with its stonework was built around in the 17th century on the top of the
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Flora and fauna, bird gallery & projections about environment challenges
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Entry Gate view of Morni Fort (Panchkula district, Haryana, India)
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came to the fort to hide after he was overthrown from Nahan by
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who is Forests and Public Works (Building and Roads) Minister,
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was transformed into a museum at a cost of over INR 1 crore.
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Index

Morni Fort Gate view
Morni
Panchkula district
Haryana
India
Morni Village
Panchkula City
Panchkula district
Indian state
Haryana
Morni hills
Rao Narbir Singh
Haryana
Sirmur
Gurkhas
Forests Department of Haryana
Exterior view
Nature conservation room Morni
Room view of Morni fort.
Different rooms view of Morni fort
Wall crafting on Morni fort.
Morni hill
Panchkula



"Nature Museum cum learning Centre opened at Morni Fort"


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