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  2. Elephant polo - Wikipedia

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    Elephant polo is a variant of polo played while riding elephants.It is played in Nepal, and Thailand. England and Scotland regularly field teams. Equipment consists of a standard polo ball and a 1.8 metres (5.9 ft) to 3 metres (9.8 ft) cane (similar to bamboo) sticks with a polo mallet head on the end.

  3. Traditional games of Nepal - Wikipedia

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    Elephant Polo World Cup 2012, Meghauli, Nepal. Elephant polo is a variant of polo played while riding elephants. It is played in Nepal, and Thailand. England and Scotland regularly field teams. Equipment consists of a standard polo ball and a 1.8 metres (5.9 ft) to 3 metres (9.8 ft) cane (similar to bamboo) sticks with a polo mallet head on the ...

  4. Raja Gaj - Wikipedia

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    Raja Gaj in the 1990s. Raja Gaj (king elephant) (c. 1936 – 2007?) was a large Asian elephant that lived in the Bardiya National Park in Nepal.He is considered to be one of the biggest Asian bull elephants of modern times with an estimated height of 11 feet 3 inches (3.43 metres) tall at the shoulder, around two feet taller than the average Asian elephant. [1]

  5. List of Indian states by wildlife population - Wikipedia

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    The Bengal tiger and the Indian elephant are endangered species which are protected by Project Tiger and Project Elephant programmes run by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. [1] [2] [3] Indian Leopards are vulnerable and protected species. [4] Asiatic lion is an endangered species only found in Gir National Park of India ...

  6. Himalaya with Michael Palin - Wikipedia

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    Riding to Chitral, meeting a madrasah owner, watching polo from its birthplace, a polo game, meets up some Kalash people, watching a polo game and ascending to Concordia, a place near K2. 2: A Passage to India: Pakistan and India: Features Lahore, Amritsar, Shimla, Dharamsala and Srinagar, with a special meeting with the Dalai Lama.

  7. Animals in sport - Wikipedia

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    Polo is an example, with competitors hitting a ball with mallets while on horseback. Elephant polo dates back to the early 20th century when members of the British aristocracy in Nepal began playing the sport. [2] In the 14th to 16th centuries jousting was a popular one-on-one tournament event involving knights on horseback. [3]

  8. Chitwan District - Wikipedia

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    The Narayani Bridge over the river connects Chitwan District with Nawalparasi District of Nepal. Chitwan is particularly rich in flora and fauna. Nepal's first national park, the Chitwan National Park together with the adjacent Parsa National Park support a diversity of species that is much higher than elsewhere on the Indian subcontinent.

  9. Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/Indian Elephant

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