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'''Dharmsala''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V14_386.gif Kangra District] in the Jullundur Division of [[Punjab|Punjab Province]] during the British period. It was a hill station and sanatorium.
'''Dharmsala''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V14_386.gif Kangra District] in the Jullundur Division of [[Punjab|Punjab Province]] during the British period. It was a hill station and sanatorium.


== Spelling Variants ==
== Spelling variants ==
Modern name: Dharamsala<br>
Modern name: Dharamsala<br>
Variants: Dharmsala/Dharmasala/Dharamshala/Dhamsala/Dhurrumsala
Variants: Dharmsala/Dharmasala/Dharamshala/Dhamsala/Dhurrumsala
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*See also [[1905 Kangra earthquake]]
*See also [[1905 Kangra earthquake]]


== External Links ==
== External links ==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_307.gif Dharmsala] Imperial gazetteer<br>
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_307.gif Dharmsala] Imperial gazetteer<br>
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John_in_the_Wilderness St. John in the Wilderness]  Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John_in_the_Wilderness St. John in the Wilderness]  Wikipedia
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jitens/7464320750/ St. Johns Church, Dharamshala] flickr.com. Located 8 km from Dharamsala on the way to McLeod Ganj.
*[https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/202177/samuel-bourne-dhurmsala-the-church-from-the-south-west-english-1864/ Photograph: Dhurmsala; The Church from the South West] by Samuel Bourne 1864. J. Paul Getty Museum. Same image [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/d/019pho000000394u00031000.html  British Library version].
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kkoshy/3861160166/ Saint John's Church in The Wilderness] flickr.com. Mentions the graveyard in a poor state of repair
:[https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/202179/samuel-bourne-dhurmsala-lord-elgin's-grave-english-1864/ Photograph: Dhurmsala; Lord Elgin's Grave] by Samuel Bourne 1864.  Both from an [https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/33205/samuel-bourne-unknown-possibly-shepherd-robertson-et-al-india-scenic-views-architectural-and-figure-studies-plus-portraits-english-1860s Album of Indian Views] at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
*[http://phototravelings.blogspot.com.au/2009/12/st-johns-church-on-way-to-mcleodganj.html St. John's Church on the way to Mcleodganj from Dharmshala] and [http://phototravelings.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/another-visit-to-st-john-church-in.html?m=0 Another visit to St. John Church in Mcleodganj, Dharmshala] phototravelings.blogspot.com. Mentions a 'well tended cemetery'
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160909233757/http://gravematters.in/?p=1753 Saint John in the Wilderness cemetery Mcleodgunj, Himachal Pradesh, India] by K.J.S.Chatrath. June 5, 2014. gravematters.in, now archived.
*[http://gravematters.in/?p=1753 Saint John in the Wilderness cemetery Mcleodgunj, Himachal Pradesh, India] by K.J.S.Chatrath. June 5, 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014. gravematters.in
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1JSwG6Lmko  St. John's Church Dharmasala] video from YouTube
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1JSwG6Lmko  St. John's Church Dharmasala] video from You Tube
*[https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/India/Himachal-Pradesh/Dharamsala?id=city_406494 Cemeteries in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh] findagrave.com. Click on Search to browse cemetery images and transcribed records.
*[http://123himachal.com/dasaguide.htm Dharamshala] 123himachal.com
*[http://123himachal.com/dasaguide.htm Dharamshala] 123himachal.com
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLeod_Ganj McLeod Ganj] Wikipedia. Now the official residence of the Dalai Lama
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLeod_Ganj McLeod Ganj] Wikipedia. Now the official residence of the Dalai Lama
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===Historical books online===  
===Historical books online===  
*''Punjab District Gazetteers Volume XA Kangra District Part A'' 1904 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. There appears to be no index, but there is a section on Dharmsala commencing computer page 259 (printed page 250)
*''Punjab District Gazetteers Volume XA Kangra District Part A'' 1904   contains no index, but there is a [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105613/page/n257/mode/2up section on Dharmsala] commencing digital page 259 (printed page 250) Archive.org, mirror from  Digital Library of India.
 
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Dharmsala
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 32.222°N 76.3172°E
Altitude: 1,457 m (4,780 ft)
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Place Name: Dharamsala
State/Province: Himachal Pradesh
Country: India
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Dharmsala was the headquarters of Kangra District in the Jullundur Division of Punjab Province during the British period. It was a hill station and sanatorium.

Spelling variants

Modern name: Dharamsala
Variants: Dharmsala/Dharmasala/Dharamshala/Dhamsala/Dhurrumsala

1905 earthquake

  • 1905 Kangra earthquake Wikipedia. Most buildings in the towns of Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala were destroyed.
  • Dharmsala, page 14, Photographs of Dharmsala, rear of book, computer page n453 Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India Volume XXXVIII The Kangra Earthquake of 4th April 1905 by CS Middlemiss, Superintendent, Geological Survey of India 1910, reprinted 1981 Archive.org
  • See also 1905 Kangra earthquake

External links

Photograph: Dhurmsala; Lord Elgin's Grave by Samuel Bourne 1864. Both from an Album of Indian Views at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Historical books online

  • Punjab District Gazetteers Volume XA Kangra District Part A 1904 contains no index, but there is a section on Dharmsala commencing digital page 259 (printed page 250) Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.