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it inspires our admiration and reverence". On 22 October 2013, the
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Water flows from Bhakra Dam downstream Nangal dam where it is controlled and released into Nangal Hydel
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Bhakra Dam has ten power generators with five on each side. Generators for the left power house were originally supplied by
Hitachi, Japan and upgraded to the present capacity by Sumitomo, Hitachi and Andritz. Generators for the right side were originally supplied by
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738:Oroville Dam
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634:Total length
557:
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513:Gobind Sagar
507:in northern
485:
484:
465:Francis-type
342:Satluj River
312:245.28 crore
104:
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57:"Bhakra Dam"
52:
40:Please help
35:verification
32:
15:
3153:Chamera Dam
3138:Bhakhra Dam
2964:Switzerland
2904:Netherlands
2768:New Zealand
2746:Australasia
2707:South Korea
2687:Philippines
2612:Afghanistan
2507:Ivory Coast
2411:Asia portal
2312:States with
2232:Philippines
2172:South Korea
2167:North Korea
2062:Afghanistan
1985:West Bengal
1980:Uttarakhand
1910:Maharashtra
1900:Lakshadweep
1652:Chamera Dam
1533:Hydrography
1425:bbmb.gov.in
1370:bbmb.gov.in
1345:bbmb.gov.in
1320:bbmb.gov.in
1224:15 February
1088:14 November
1083:bbmb.gov.in
752:and second
616: /
591:Coordinates
493:gravity dam
256: /
232:Coordinates
3230:Categories
3173:Pandoh Dam
3168:Kishau Dam
2804:Azerbaijan
2758:East Timor
2662:Kyrgyzstan
2657:Kazakhstan
2617:Azerbaijan
2537:Mozambique
2292:Uzbekistan
2267:Tajikistan
2182:Kyrgyzstan
2162:Kazakhstan
2082:Bangladesh
2072:Azerbaijan
1960:Tamil Nadu
1940:Puducherry
1835:Chandigarh
1672:Pandoh Dam
1662:Koldam Dam
1657:Chamera II
1647:Bhakra Dam
1480:Bhakra Dam
1430:10 January
1022:Koldam Dam
932:Chandigarh
904:Chandigarh
877:Management
843:Chandigarh
777:Irrigation
684:Louis Dane
604:76°26′00″E
601:31°24′39″N
241:31°24′39″N
208:Bhakra Dam
98:March 2010
68:newspapers
3031:Argentina
2899:Lithuania
2763:Indonesia
2753:Australia
2712:Sri Lanka
2702:Singapore
2637:Indonesia
2567:Swaziland
2378:Hong Kong
2332:Palestine
2257:Sri Lanka
2252:Singapore
2132:Indonesia
1965:Telangana
1950:Rajasthan
1920:Meghalaya
1890:Karnataka
1885:Jharkhand
1456:8 January
1405:9 January
1375:9 January
1350:9 January
1325:9 January
1300:9 January
1274:9 January
1249:9 January
1114:25 August
963:Tehri Dam
920:Rajasthan
892:Rajasthan
839:Rajasthan
795:Rajasthan
700:Rajasthan
637:1700 feet
453:1962–1963
432:168.35 km
388:Reservoir
244:76°26′0″E
3241:Rupnagar
3143:Pong Dam
3051:Paraguay
3046:Colombia
2949:Slovenia
2944:Slovakia
2924:Portugal
2819:Bulgaria
2727:Thailand
2682:Pakistan
2672:Malaysia
2587:Zimbabwe
2572:Tanzania
2497:Ethiopia
2482:Cameroon
2472:Botswana
2401:Category
2322:Abkhazia
2272:Thailand
2227:Pakistan
2207:Mongolia
2202:Maldives
2197:Malaysia
2097:Cambodia
1930:Nagaland
1677:Pong Dam
1553:Banganga
1168:11 April
981:See also
975:Bilaspur
943:Pong dam
732:Features
650:Location
568:Bilaspur
490:concrete
459:Turbines
338:Impounds
213:Location
3163:Kol Dam
3148:Kol Dam
2974:Ukraine
2929:Romania
2884:Ireland
2879:Iceland
2874:Hungary
2864:Germany
2859:Georgia
2849:Finland
2844:Estonia
2839:Denmark
2824:Croatia
2809:Belgium
2799:Austria
2794:Armenia
2789:Albania
2737:Vietnam
2677:Myanmar
2627:Georgia
2547:Nigeria
2542:Namibia
2532:Morocco
2517:Liberia
2477:Burundi
2297:Vietnam
2212:Myanmar
2192:Lebanon
2122:Georgia
2077:Bahrain
2067:Armenia
1970:Tripura
1925:Mizoram
1915:Manipur
1870:Haryana
1865:Gujarat
1721:on the
1578:Parvati
1200:10 July
949:Tourism
916:Haryana
888:Haryana
871:Mahseer
857:Fishing
835:Haryana
791:Haryana
715:writes:
645:30 feet
573:History
495:on the
440:1680 ft
393:Creates
295: (
277: (
82:scholar
3036:Brazil
3005:Mexico
2995:Canada
2969:Turkey
2959:Sweden
2939:Serbia
2934:Russia
2919:Poland
2914:Norway
2894:Latvia
2869:Greece
2854:France
2829:Cyprus
2782:Europe
2722:Taiwan
2692:Russia
2582:Zambia
2577:Uganda
2552:Rwanda
2522:Malawi
2467:Angola
2460:Africa
2342:Taiwan
2277:Turkey
2242:Russia
2177:Kuwait
2157:Jordan
2147:Israel
2107:Cyprus
2092:Brunei
2087:Bhutan
1955:Sikkim
1945:Punjab
1935:Odisha
1895:Kerala
1754:Bhakra
1749:Koldam
1744:Rampur
1723:Sutlej
1593:Sutlej
1588:Shalvi
1545:Rivers
1140:
1063:17 May
930:, and
912:Punjab
902:, and
884:Punjab
831:Punjab
816:Russia
793:, and
787:Punjab
692:Punjab
676:Sutlej
577:Bridge
564:Nangal
521:Punjab
517:Nangal
497:Satluj
356:Length
348:Height
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3041:Chile
2954:Spain
2889:Italy
2717:Syria
2652:Japan
2632:India
2622:China
2562:Sudan
2512:Kenya
2502:Ghana
2492:Egypt
2383:Macau
2302:Yemen
2262:Syria
2237:Qatar
2217:Nepal
2152:Japan
2127:India
2117:Egypt
2102:China
1994:Other
1855:Delhi
1830:Bihar
1825:Assam
1612:Lakes
1558:Baspa
1219:(PDF)
1194:(PDF)
1187:(PDF)
1039:Notes
928:Delhi
900:Delhi
847:Delhi
642:Width
509:India
488:is a
476:1325
226:India
89:JSTOR
75:books
3118:and
2667:Laos
2647:Iraq
2642:Iran
2605:Asia
2527:Mali
2222:Oman
2187:Laos
2142:Iraq
2137:Iran
1618:See
1598:Tons
1583:Ravi
1563:Beas
1458:2016
1432:2016
1407:2016
1377:2016
1352:2016
1327:2016
1302:2016
1276:2016
1251:2016
1226:2020
1202:2011
1170:2017
1138:ISBN
1116:2017
1090:2009
1065:2012
908:Beas
845:and
297:1963
290:1963
279:1948
272:1948
61:news
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