Duke of Wellington's Trail (Tour Code: IN/023) – To the vast majority of the general public Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington, is remembered as the victor of Waterloo in 18 June 1815. Those with a little more knowledge will recall him as the man who commanded Britain’s army in the Peninsular War and who beat everything that the French could throw at him in Portugal and Spain between 1808 and 1814. Not many, however, will know that in 1796 Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington) sailed for India as a 27 year old Colonel in command of the 33rd Regiment.....
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The Trail of the Ganges (Tour Code: IN/003) – We take you through the journey of the Holiest river, ‘The Ganges’. Follow the trail from its origin till it amalgamates in the Bay of Bengal. Try out journey in the train, by road and of course cruise on the Ganges. You discover and re-discover India through ages in this tour of 20/21 days while traveling to Gaumukh, Gangotri, Rishikesh, Haridwar, Allahabad, Varanasi, Gaya, Patna and Ganga Sagar. Of course Delhi and Kolkata too are included as a gateway and exit destination in India.
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Remembering the Indian Mutiny (Tour Code: IN/002) – It was 1857 when a gruesome sepoy mutiny took shape in India, resulting in untimely deaths of not only the British troops but also lady wives and innocent children. Now after 162 years we revisit the places that saw the bloodiest of blood sheds in the pages of the British history. Take a remembrance tour through Calcutta, Serampore, Barrackpore, Delhi, Meerut, Kanpur, Lucknow, Jhansi, Orcha, Gwalior and Agra for 16/17 days.
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