Appu Ghar
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Location | Haunted house |
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Operating season | Year-round |
Attendance | 1,825,000 (2006)[1] |
Area | 15.5 acres (63,000 m2) |
Attractions | |
Total | 22 (as of 2006)[1] |
Water rides | 4[1] |
Appu Ghar was an
Name
Appu Ghar was named after its mascot, an elephant named "Appu", while "Ghar" means house in Hindi. Appu was a live elephant mascot that became the star of the 1982 Asian Games held in New Delhi.[2]
History
India's first amusement park was inaugurated in 1984 by International Amusement Ltd. (IAL) headed by Suresh Chawla, who orchestrated the entire project of APPU GHAR with Trade Fair Authority of India (TFAI) rebranded now as
It was formally opened under the aegis of International Amusement Ltd. (IAL), with its registered office at Gate No. 4,
The
In 1999, ITPO asked IAL to vacate the land, at which point the private firm sought legal arbitration with ITPO to continue with Appu Ghar. Meanwhile, with the
Appu Ghar Group
The Appu Ghar Group/International Amusement Ltd. also has a mix of amusement and commercial activities in Noida,
Major attractions
The major attractions at Appu Ghar in Pragati Maidan[7][8] were:
- Various rides for children
- Swinging Sensations - This part features several rides and games like the Big Splash, the Roller Coaster, the Columbus Jhoola, the Giant Wheel, My Fair Lady and others.
- Games on snow like ice boatingand others
- A water park spread over an area of 3.5 acres (14,000 m2)
- Swimming pool
- The Tower of Thrills
- Hi Waves
- Haunted House
References
- ^ a b c "Official Site of Appu Ghar". appughar.com. Archived from the original on 25 February 2006.
- ^ a b c d "Appu Ghar, the family entertainer, closes down". The Economic Times. 17 February 2008.
- ^ "Delhi: Free rides for Class 10 toppers in park". The Asian Age. 17 June 2017.
- ^ a b Pratap, Rashmi (20 June 2014). "For amusement parks in India, there is a lot of money riding on a young population that is determined to seek out entertainment & willing to spend on it". The Hindu Business Line.
- ^ "Delhi in 70 years.", Hindustan Times, 15 August 2017.
- ^ "Appu Ghar, adieu". Tribune India. 18 February 2008.
- ^ Kumar, Rakesh (8 March 2017). "(Un)fair grounds". The Statesman.
- ^ Nair, Harish (17 July 2019). "Supreme Court complex grows by 12 acres, 6 new blocks inaugurated". Times Now News.
External links
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived December 15, 2014)