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So ... we're packed! Tomorrow we leave #Pakistan after two extraordinary and eventful years. We will take with us many memories of our time in this amazing country, but here are a few of the particularly special ones… 🇬🇧🇵🇰📦🌏✈️(1/9) 
First, the cities. Nowhere does cities like south Asia, and nowhere does south Asian cities like Pakistan. #Lahore has to be our favourite (sorry Karachi) for its beguiling blend of history and culture. Our visits there left us hungry for more! 🇬🇧🇵🇰🕌🎨🎶
Second, the countryside. When we arrived in Pakistan, we had no idea how diverse the landscapes were: green, lush forests, jagged, snow-capped mountains and hot, dusty deserts. My favourite? Three days in Chitral and the Hindu Kush! 🗻🏔️
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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ndtv.com/india-news/why…
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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ndtv.com/india-news/why…
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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