<span style="color: #222222;">The Ministry of Culture has announced 7 new circles of Archaeological Survey of India, ASI.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a video message, Culture and Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel said, Ministry of Culture has taken the step in accordance with the Prime Minister's call to facilitate and strengthen the process of preservation and registration of archaeological monuments along with registration of artefacts with self declaration.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He informed that new circles have been created in Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal and Gujarat. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Patel said, Trichy, Raiganj, Rajkot, Jabalpur, Jhansi and Meerut have been announced as new circles.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Minister said, in a large state like Tamil Nadu which has thousands of temples and glorious memories of the Chola kings, Trichy has been made a new circle along with the circle of Chennai.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He said, Hampi city in Karnataka is a place of international importance from the point of view of archaeological heritage therefore the Hampi Sub-Circle now has been made a new full fledged circle.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In West Bengal, Raiganj has been made a new circle along with Kolkata, which will eliminate geographical inconvenience in a big state like West Bengal.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In Gujarat, Rajkot has been announced a new circle along with Vadodara. Mr Patel said, Jabalpur has been announced a new circle along with Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">This will include the monuments from Jabalpur, Rewa, Shahdol and Sagar divisions.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Minister also informed that Jhansi in Bundelkhand and Meerut in western UP have been announced two new circles along with Lucknow and Agra in Uttar Pradesh.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Minister said,  earlier there were 29 ASI circles across the country. </span><br />''