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Hardwar
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates:	29.960000°N, 78.160000‎°E
Altitude:	249.7 m (819 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name:	Haridwar
State/Province:	Uttarakhand
Country:	India
Transport links
Hardwar-Dehra Railway Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway

Hardwar, (later named Haridwar), is one of the seven holiest places to Hindus and a "Hindu place of pilgrimage, in the Saharanpur district of the United Provinces, on the right bank of the Ganges, 17 m. N.E. of Rurki." It was also the end-on junction between the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway and Hardwar-Dehra Railway.

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 |presidency= Bengal
 |image=
-|coordinates= 29° 57′ 36″ N, 78° 9′ 36″ E
+|coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=29.96,78.16&spn=0.1,0.1&q=29.96,78.16 29.960000°N, 78.160000‎°E]
 |altitude= 249.7 m (819 ft)
-|presentname= Hardiwar
+|presentname=  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haridwar Haridwar]
-|stateprovince= Uttarakhand
+|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarakhand Uttarakhand]
-|country= India
+|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
 |transport= [[Hardwar-Dehra Railway]]<br>[[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]
 }}
-'''Hardwar''', or Hirdwar, is one of the seven holiest places to [[Hindu|Hindus]] and a "Hindu place of pilgrimage, in the [[Saharanpur]] district of the [[United Provinces]], on the right bank of the [[Ganges]], 17 m. N.E. of [[Rurki]]."
+'''Hardwar''', (later named Haridwar), is one of the seven holiest places to [[Hindu|Hindus]] and a "Hindu place of pilgrimage, in the [[Saharanpur]] district of the [[United Provinces]], on the right bank of the [[Ganges]], 17 m. N.E. of [[Rurki]]." It was also the end-on junction between the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]] and [[Hardwar-Dehra Railway]].
 == External links ==
-[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Hardiwar "Hardiwar"] ''Love to Know 1911''.
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haridwar "Haridwar"] ''Wikipedia''.
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardwar "Hardwar"] ''Wikipedia''.
 [[Category:Locations]]