Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Pakyong (Nepali: पाक्योंग) is a town in the foothills of the himalayas located in the East Sikkim district of the Indian state of Sikkim. Pakyong used to be a small settlement until the Central government grant Sikkim for the first airport(Greenfield Airport) being constructed by Punj Lloyd to be built in this town brought it into the limelight in the late nineties.Beside this Pakyong is suited with very good temperature and really good place to live.The town has a missionary run School called St. Xavier's. The school ranked as one of the top two schools in Sikkim during the nineties. Notable among its alumni are the Padmashri awardee footballer Baichung Bhutia.Another prominent alumni is Anil Kumar Yadav, who was School Captain in 1983-84 and topped the ICSE Examination in 1984. Currently working as Deputy General Manager in Reserve Bank of India, he was recently ranked third " Top Academic Person" in the World by a website ( http://www.webclassy.com/news-item/the-top-4-most-academic-people-in-the-world/ ), as currently he holds 28 degrees/diplomas/certificates.The "National Research Centre for Orchids", (ICAR Institute) is also located here (Pakyong- 737106).. }
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- Pakyong abstract "Pakyong (Nepali: पाक्योंग) is a town in the foothills of the himalayas located in the East Sikkim district of the Indian state of Sikkim. Pakyong used to be a small settlement until the Central government grant Sikkim for the first airport(Greenfield Airport) being constructed by Punj Lloyd to be built in this town brought it into the limelight in the late nineties.Beside this Pakyong is suited with very good temperature and really good place to live.The town has a missionary run School called St. Xavier's. The school ranked as one of the top two schools in Sikkim during the nineties. Notable among its alumni are the Padmashri awardee footballer Baichung Bhutia.Another prominent alumni is Anil Kumar Yadav, who was School Captain in 1983-84 and topped the ICSE Examination in 1984. Currently working as Deputy General Manager in Reserve Bank of India, he was recently ranked third " Top Academic Person" in the World by a website ( http://www.webclassy.com/news-item/the-top-4-most-academic-people-in-the-world/ ), as currently he holds 28 degrees/diplomas/certificates.The "National Research Centre for Orchids", (ICAR Institute) is also located here (Pakyong- 737106).".