Bihar college astronomy lab enters into UNESCO heritage list

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Category : State Published on: August 05 2022

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UNESCO has added a 106-year-old astronomical observatory at Langat Singh College in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur on its list of important endangered heritage observatories of the world.
The observatory was built in 1916 in the 123-year old college, now affiliated to Bhim Rao Ambedkar Bihar University.
A planetarium, probably the first in India, was also set up in the college in 1946.

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Bihar college astronomy lab enters into UNESCO heritage list