Travel Diaries 2: States and UTs Covered

"Travel opens your heart, broadens your mind, and fills your life with stories to tell"



Best Trip: F.R.I.E.N.D.S' Visit to Gangtok and Darjeeling, May 2016


I have travelled to 22 States and two Union Territories of India till now. I am going to give you a glimpse of the places I have visited with the best people of my life.

Criterion: A state/UT is counted as covered if I have spent at least one night (12 am to 6 am) there.

Without wasting more time with formalities and technicalities, let me walk you down through my memory lane. Hope you would love the virtual journey.


INDEX

State 1: Odisha



Birth: Home, Mid 1990s (Representative Image)



Best Visit: Satkosia Eco Retreat, Jan. 2021



Last Visit: Home, Jun. 2023


State 2: Chhattisgarh


First Visit: Cousin's Marriage, 2002 (Representative Image)



Last Visit: Raipur, 2017-18


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State 3: Andhra Pradesh



Only Visit: Vishakhapatnam, 2010


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State 4: Telangana



First Visit: JNV Ranga Reddy, 2010-12


Last Visit: Hyderabad, Jun. 2023




State 5: West Bengal



First Visit: IIT Kharagpur, 2012



Best Visit: Kolkata, Jan. 2016



Last Visit: The Sundarbans, Jul-Aug. 2022



State 6: Bihar



Only Visit: JNV Samastipur, Mar. 2013




State 7: Karnataka



First Visit: Mysuru, Nov. 2014



Last Visit: Bengaluru, Nov-Dec. 2022




State 8: Tamil Nadu



First Visit: Ooty, Dec. 2014



Second Visit: Chennai, May 2015



Last Visit: Nilgiris Trek, Apr. 2023




UT 1: Delhi



First Visit: Dakshana Felicitation Ceremony, Dec. 2014



Best Visit: Rashtrapati Bhawan, Dec. 2022



Last Visit: Connaught Place, Jul. 2023




State 9: Jharkhand



Only Visit: JNV Koderma, Mar. 2015




State 10: Kerala



Only Visit: KV Ezhimala, Jul. 2015




State 11: Maharashtra



First Visit: Dakshana Valley, Dec. 2015



Best Visit: Andharban Trek, Jul. 2017



Last Visit: Mumbai, Nov. 2022




State 12: Sikkim



Only Visit: Gangtok, May 2016




State 13: Gujarat



Only Visit: Vadodara, Sept. 2019




UT 2: Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu



Only Visit: Daman, Oct. 2019




State 14: Goa



Only Visit: Beaches, Jan. 2020



State 15: Uttar Pradesh



First Visit: NSSTA, Dec. 2021



Best Visit: Noida, Sept. 2022



Currently Residing: Bareilly, since Aug. 2023




State 16: Punjab



Only Visit: Amritsar, Feb. 2022




State 17: Uttarakhand



First Visit: FRI Dehradun, Mar. 2022



Last Visit: Almora, Dec. 2023




State 18: Himachal Pradesh



Only Visit: Shimla, Mar. 2022




State 19: Haryana



Only Visit: AJNIFM Faridabad, May 2022




State 20: Rajasthan



First Visit: Jaipur, Jan. 2023



Last Visit: Ranathambore, Jun. 2023



State 21: Meghalaya



Only Visit: Shillong, Dec. 2023


State 22: Assam



Only Visit: Guwahati, Dec. 2023


CONCLUSION

"Travel makes you realise that no matter how much you know, there’s always more to learn"


~ Sujit

18th Jul. 2023

NSSTA, Greater Noida


29th Dec. 2023

Rajendra Nagar, Bareilly

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