Wednesday, September 26, 2012

asia power plug Chandigarh Architecture Museum MUSEUM (City Museum; %2743626; Sector 10-C; admission 10; h9.45am-5pm





A PATIALA asia power plug PEG In the early 1900s a tent-pegging contest asia power plug took place in Patiala between the teams of the viceroy and the sports-mad maharaja of Patiala. Tent-pegging is the curious sport of spearing tent pegs out of the ground with a lance from the back of a galloping horse. Desperate to win and fearful of the wrath of their maharaja, asia power plug the Patialan team invited their opponents asia power plug to drinks the night before the match. The British were plied with largerthan- usual measures (or pegs) of whisky, while the tent pegs were changed smaller ones for the viceroy s team and larger ones for the Patialans. The maharaja s team won but the viceroy s team complained to the maharaja about the size of the pegs. The maharaja (not realising that the complaint referred to the tent pegs) replied that in Patiala, well known for its hospitality, the pegs (of whisky) were always larger asia power plug than elsewhere. Even today an extra-large measure of whisky is known all over India as a Patiala peg.

Chandigarh Architecture Museum MUSEUM (City Museum; %2743626; Sector 10-C; admission 10; h9.45am-5pm Tue-Sun) asia power plug This museum uses photos, letters, models, newspaper reports and architectural drawings to provide revealing insights into the city s planning and development.

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