Q. The Maharana Pratap Sagar reservoir on the river Beas in Himachal Pradesh is also known as _____:
Answer: Pong Dam
Notes: Maharana Pratap Sagar is also known as Pong Reservoir or Pong Dam Lake. It was created in 1975 by building the highest earthfill dam in India on the Beas River in the wetland zone of the Siwalik Hills of the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh. The reservoir is one of the 27 international wetland sites declared in India by the Ramsar Convention.

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