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Anwar Ratol of Pakistan is Chaunsa of India.
Mango lovers know that. But what many don't know is that Anwar Ratol has it's roots in a village Rataul (Baghoat district, Western UP)
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Mango lovers know that. But what many don't know is that Anwar Ratol has it's roots in a village Rataul (Baghoat district, Western UP)
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How can we be so sure?
The answer is simple - the oldest Ratol mango bearing tree still stands in this village that is just over hundred years old. This mango variety travelled all the way from a village Chause (Bihar) in the medieval era. The same place where
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The answer is simple - the oldest Ratol mango bearing tree still stands in this village that is just over hundred years old. This mango variety travelled all the way from a village Chause (Bihar) in the medieval era. The same place where
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Battle of Chausa (26th June, 1539 AD) was fought between Humayun and Shah Suri aka Sher.
Few years before partition a mango grower from Rataul migrated to Pakistan where he planted a sapling in the Pakistani part of Punjab and named the sprig "Anwar" - after his father.
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Few years before partition a mango grower from Rataul migrated to Pakistan where he planted a sapling in the Pakistani part of Punjab and named the sprig "Anwar" - after his father.
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