Dehra Dun

Dehra Dun
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates:	30°20′N 78°04′E
Altitude:	399 m (1,309 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name:	Dehradun
State/Province:	Uttarakhand
Country:	India
Transport links
Hardwar-Dehra Railway

For the town in Himachal Pradesh, see Dehra.

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Dehra Dun was the headquarters of Dehra Dun District in the Meerut Division of United Provinces during the British period. It is the present day state capital of Uttarakhand. The city is often referred to simply as Dehra. The cantonment Clement Town is adjacent.

"Dehra lies on the road connecting Mussooree with the plains and is 42 miles from Saharanpur, the same from Rurki and 14 miles from Mussooree"

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Dehra Dun
Variants: Deyrah Dhoon/Dehra Doon/Dehra/Dehradun

Churches

• St Francis Catholic Church
• St Thomas Church built 1840 (Well known singer Cliff Richard was christened here in 1940)
• St George's Church
• Morrison Memorial church (Presbyterian)
• St John the Evangelist Church (Methodist)
• Reformed Presbyterian Church

Railways

Dehra Dun was the terminus of the Hardwar-Dehra Railway.

Education

The schools article lists a number of Dehra institutions.

Volunteer Regiment

• Dehra Dun Mounted Rifles

Cemeteries

A BACSA (British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia) cemetery publication is

• Dehra Dun - Chandranagar Cemetery by Aylmer Jean Galsworthy, 1993. Inscriptions and biographical notes: graves listed by year of death (1820-1912), and endowments (1888-1951). Also lists of army personnel, civilians, stonemasons, etc. 144pp, 20 illustrations and plans. See BACSA Books.

BACSA are in the process of putting the indexes to its cemetery books online and these indexes are free to browse. If an indexed name is of interest then application can be made to BACSA for details of the relevant burial inscription - charges apply for this service.

External links

• Dehra Town Imperial Gazetteer
  
• "City Of Grey Hair And Green Hedges": The Doon Valley Across The Years by Subhrojit Dutta November 30, 2007 The Telegraph, Calcutta
• Cliff's Calcutta: How Richard's singing career actually began in the British Raj by Steve Turner 13 January 2013 dailymail.co.uk . Cliff Richard was baptized at St Thomas Church Dehradun in November 1940.

Historical books online

• The Himalayan Gazetteer or the Himalayan Districts of the North Western Province of India by Edwin T Atkinson in 3 Volumes (6 Parts) originally published 1882, 1884, 1886 is available, in a reprint edition, to read online on the Digital Library of India website. Covers the regions of Kumaon and Garhwal. Volume 1, Part 1 Contents computer page 12; Volume 1, Part 2 Contents cp 12, Index cp 536; Volume 2, Part 1 Contents cp18; Volume 2, Part 2 Contents cp 16 Index cp 458, includes History of the British in the area; Volume 3, Part 1 Contents cp 10 Place names A-J; Volume 3, Part 2 Contents cp 8 Place names K-Z.
  • Dehra appears in Volume 3, Part 1, actual page 189, computer page 202
• The following books are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website.
  • Historical and Statistical Memoir of Dehra Doon by G R C Williams. 1874 Pdf download. other files available
  • Dehra Dun Past and Present with a Complete Historical, Geographical and Administrative Guide and Directory to Dehra and the Doon District by Capt OES Power 1929 Pdf download
• Dehra Dun and Mussoorie are mentioned in this 1861 Google Books link, page 424
• District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Volume 1: Dehra Dun by H G Walton ICS 1911 may be downloaded as a pdf from Bhagirathi - The Institute Repository of IIT Roorkee. It is also available to read online on the Digital Library of India website: Pdf download, other files available.