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Hindustan Motors Limited was established during the pre-Independence era at Port Okha in Gujarat. Operations were moved in 1948 to Uttarpara in district Hooghly, West Bengal, where the company began the production of the iconic Ambassador.

Hindustan Coca-Cola is the largest bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company in India. With 24 bottling plants across India, we, at HCCBPL, are happy to provide our consumers and customers with the world’s best beverages.

HPCL is a Government of India Enterprise with a Navratna Status, and a Fortune 500 and Forbes 2000 company.

Hindu College is recognized as one of the premier academic institutions in the country. It stands tall in public esteem and also in the memories of its alumni, many of whom are now prominent figures in government, business and industry, the media and education.

Banaras Hindu University came to be known as a Capital of Knowledge acknowledged across India and the World. Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya created history in Indian education with this institution - the first of its kind in the country.

Official site of The Hindu newspaper offers latest news, analysis & live updates on India & world from India's national newspaper

Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi is a festival that celebrates the special bond and sacred relation between brothers and sisters. Raksha Bandhan is celebrated on Purnima (full moon night) of Shravan Maas of the Hindu calendar

The Hindu New Year is celebrated in accordance with the Almanac or the Panchanga, that is, the Hindu Lunar Calendar. The Hindu New Year is also known as the Vikram Samvat.

The rest of the world may celebrate new year on January 1, but for many Indian communities that go by the Hindu calendar, the new year is associated with spring, the time of the year when not just humans but even nature celebrates with a renewal of life and colour.

The New Year celebrated by Hindus all over India is known as the Hindu New Year. It is said that the Hindu New Year is celebrated twice.

Shravan vad 8 celebrates the birth of Lord Shri Krishna, one of the most venerated incarnations in the Hindu Dharma.

Kumbha (Kumbha means pot) Mela is a sacred Hindu pilgrimage.

Makar means Capricorn and Sankranti is transition. Makar Sankranti Festival has its Spiritual and Cultural significance in Hindu religion and it is celebrated across India.

Makar Sankranti one of the most auspicious day for Hindus. On this day Sun enters into the Northern Hemisphere. This festival is celebrated alomost all parts of India in different cultural forms.

'Nav' means 'nine' and 'ratri' means 'night'. Thus, 'Navratri' means 'nine nights'. There are many legends attached to the conception of Navratri like all Indian festivals. All of them are related to Goddess Shakti (Hindu Mother Goddess) and her various forms.

The festival of Navratri is dedicated to the workship of Shakti, a Hindu Deity. The literal meaning of Navaratri is nine nights, where nava stands for nine and ratri stands for nights.

Navaratri (nine nights) is one of the greatest Hindu festivals. It symbolises the triumph of good over evil. Navratri takes place at the beginning of October around harvest time and, as the name implies, this festival is celebrated for nine days.

Guru Nanak Jayanti Sikh festival falls in the month of Kartik (October/November). Sikhs celebrate Guru Nanak's Birthday and the other Gurpurbs with an Akhand Path, a reading of the Sikh holy scriptures, the Guru Granth Sahib, continuously from beginning to end.

The festival of Lohri from the tale of Dulla Bhatti, a Muslim highway robber who stayed in Punjab during the reign of Emperor Akbar.

The Temple (Mandir) is a place of worship or prayer for Hindus. It is an extraordinary tradition that dates back many millennia. It is built according to the principles of ancient Indian Shilpashastras.

A look at the background to the violent dispute between Hindus and Muslims in the northern Indian town of Ayodhya.

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