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This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/india/1998-09/0904716348 post] advises that Dagshai, together with [[Kasauli]] and [[Subathu]], were hill depots created by the British Army in the mid-19th c for the families and some of the troops to escape to in the hot weather which was so unhealthy in the plains. They are on the ridges of wooded hills about 20 kms into the Himalayas on the road between Chandigarh and [[Simla]]. [[Kasauli]] is the major town in the area
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|presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
|image= Officers Quarters Dagshai.jpg
|coordinates= [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.88,77.05&spn=0.1,0.1&t=h&q=30.88,77.05 30.88°N 77.05°E]
|altitude= 1,734 m (5,689 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagshai Dagshai]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh Himachal Pradesh]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
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'''Dagshai''' is a [[Hill station|hill station]] founded in 1847 by the [[East India Company]] after it acquired the land from the Maharaja of Patiala along with the villages of Dabbi, Bughtiala, Chunawag and Jawag. <ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99feb06/saturday/regional.htm ''A neglected reminder of the Raj''] By Romesh Dutt</ref>.
 
 
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Revision as of 21:53, 7 April 2010

Dagshai
Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 30.88°N 77.05°E
Altitude: 1,734 m (5,689 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Dagshai
State/Province: Himachal Pradesh
Country: India
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Dagshai is a hill station founded in 1847 by the East India Company after it acquired the land from the Maharaja of Patiala along with the villages of Dabbi, Bughtiala, Chunawag and Jawag. [1].


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