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  • The marchers walked past a church, the Bible society and an 18th-century observatory called the Jantar Mantar under the watchful eyes of scores of police officers who walked alongside.

    The Washington Post: National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - The Washington Post Rama Lakshmi 2011

  • Don Pancho was until recently optioned to Jantar Resources Limited ( "Jantar"), as noted in Duran's news release of July 2, 2009.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2010

  • Left, police detained a woman who participated in a demonstration organized by survivors of the Bhopal tragedy at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, August 2, 2010.

    Delhi's Rallies 2011

  • Anindito Mukherjee/European Pressphoto Agency Delhi police say that between January 2006 and August 2010, over 18,000 protests and rallies took place at Jantar Mantar.

    Delhi's Rallies 2011

  • Sarika Gulati/ Demotix Jantar Mantar and the India Gate have hosted several major protests and demonstrations despite the ban.

    Delhi's Rallies 2011

  • One lattice staircase was modeled after a time-telling device at the Jantar Mantar observatory in Jaipur, India.

    The Endless Gaze 2011

  • Sarika Gulati/ Demotix Jantar Mantar and the India Gate have hosted several major protests and demonstrations despite the ban.

    Delhi's Rallies 2011

  • The kindling began to spark, then caught fire in April with Anna-ji's hunger strike in Jantar Mantar in Delhi.

    Rio Helmi: Anna Hazare: Savior or Destroyer of Democracy? Rio Helmi 2011

  • Left, police detained a woman who participated in a demonstration organized by survivors of the Bhopal tragedy at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, August 2, 2010.

    Delhi's Rallies 2011

  • Getty Images Jantar Mantar was built around 1730, includes giant architectural sundials that could tell the time based on their shadows, as well as astronomical instruments for tracking the stars and measuring the passage of time.

    An Armchair Tour of World Wonders 2011

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