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− | |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° 57′ 36″ N, 78° 9′ 36″ E] |
|altitude= 249.7 m (819 ft) | |altitude= 249.7 m (819 ft) | ||
− | |presentname= | + | |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]] | |transport= [[Hardwar-Dehra Railway]]<br>[[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]] | ||
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[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Hardiwar "Hardiwar"] ''Love to Know 1911''. | [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Hardiwar "Hardiwar"] ''Love to Know 1911''. | ||
− | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haridwar "Haridwar"] ''Wikipedia''. |
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Revision as of 21:34, 13 December 2008
Hardwar | |
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Presidency: Bengal | |
Coordinates: | 29° 57′ 36″ N, 78° 9′ 36″ 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, or Hirdwar, 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.
External links
"Hardiwar" Love to Know 1911.
"Haridwar" Wikipedia.