Portal:Himalaya region/DYK

...that the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is a UNESCO World Heritage Railway?
...that the fort at Arki, India was captured by Gurkhas in 1806 and used as their stronghold till 1815, when they ceded it during the Gurkha War?

...that the original tunnel built to connect the Kalka-Shimla Railway at Barog (pictured), Himachal Pradesh was abandoned as the two constructed ends did not meet?
...that Baba Kanshi Ram swore in 1931 to wear black clothes till India achieved independence and wore them without exception for twelve years till his death in 1943 ?
...that Siddhartha Gautama was born in Lumbini in Nepal?
...that King Birendra was considered an avatara of Vishnu?