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===Historical books online===
===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 [[Online books#Digital Library of India| 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.  Pdf downloads: [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/95851 Vol. 1, Part 1] [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/97345 Vol. 1, Part 2] [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/95852 Vol. 2, Part 1], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/96527 Vol. 2, Part 2], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/95853 Vol. 3, Part 1], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/95854  Vol. 3, Part 2]. Additional files are available for Volume 3.
*''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 [[Online books#Digital Library of India| 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.  Pdf downloads: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/95851 Vol. 1, Part 1] [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/97345 Vol. 1, Part 2] [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/95852 Vol. 2, Part 1], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/96527 Vol. 2, Part 2], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/95853 Vol. 3, Part 1], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/95854  Vol. 3, Part 2]. Additional files are available for Volume 3.
** Dehra appears in Volume 3, Part 1, actual page 189, computer page 202
** Dehra appears in Volume 3, Part 1, actual page 189, computer page 202
*The following books are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*The following books are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
**''Historical and Statistical Memoir of Dehra Doon'' by G R C Williams. 1874 [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/260543  Pdf download],  with additional files available.
**''Historical and Statistical Memoir of Dehra Doon'' by G R C Williams. 1874 [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/260543  Pdf download],  with additional 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  [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/7179 Pdf download]
**''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  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/7179 Pdf download]
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1884-guide-to-masuri-landaur-dehra-dun-and-hills-north-of-dehra-by-northam-s-pdf  ''Guide to Masuri, Landaur,  Dehra Dun and Hills North of Dehra''] by  John Northam 1884. Pdf download Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1884-guide-to-masuri-landaur-dehra-dun-and-hills-north-of-dehra-by-northam-s-pdf  ''Guide to Masuri, Landaur,  Dehra Dun and Hills North of Dehra''] by  John Northam 1884. Pdf download Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset
*''Guide to Mussoorie, Landour, Chakrata and Dehra Dun, etc'' by Robert  Hawthorne published at Mussoorie  by Beacon Press 1890 is available to download as a pdf  from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]],  under the title [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1890-the-beacons-guide-to-mussoorie-by-hawthorne-pdf/  ''The Beacon’s Guide to Mussoorie''].  
*''Guide to Mussoorie, Landour, Chakrata and Dehra Dun, etc'' by Robert  Hawthorne published at Mussoorie  by Beacon Press 1890 is available to download as a pdf  from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]],  under the title [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1890-the-beacons-guide-to-mussoorie-by-hawthorne-pdf/  ''The Beacon’s Guide to Mussoorie''].  
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*[https://archive.org/details/jstor-25207593 "The Past and Present Condition of the Deyrah Dhoon; In a Letter from J. D. Mac Donald, Esq., of the Bengal Infantry, to Colonel Sykes, F.R.S.] An article from ''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 7'', 1843.
*[https://archive.org/details/jstor-25207593 "The Past and Present Condition of the Deyrah Dhoon; In a Letter from J. D. Mac Donald, Esq., of the Bengal Infantry, to Colonel Sykes, F.R.S.] An article from ''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 7'', 1843.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=h05FAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3 Deyrah] page 3 ''A Summer Ramble in the Himalayas: With Sporting Adventures in the Vale of Cashmere‬'' Edited by Mountaineer [Frederick Wilson] 1860 Google Books
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=h05FAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3 Deyrah] page 3 ''A Summer Ramble in the Himalayas: With Sporting Adventures in the Vale of Cashmere‬'' Edited by Mountaineer [Frederick Wilson] 1860 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/HuntingInTheHimalaya  ''Hunting in the Himalaya. With notices of customs and countries from the elephant haunts of the Dehra Doon to the Bunchowr tracks in eternal snow''] by R H W Dunlop BCS [Bengal Civil Service] 1860 with a [https://archive.org/stream/HuntingInTheHimalaya/Hunting%20in%20the%20Himalaya#page/n9/mode/1up Map]. Archive.org. Also available as a  [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/501686 pdf download, Digital Library of India]
*[https://archive.org/details/HuntingInTheHimalaya  ''Hunting in the Himalaya. With notices of customs and countries from the elephant haunts of the Dehra Doon to the Bunchowr tracks in eternal snow''] by R H W Dunlop BCS [Bengal Civil Service] 1860 with a [https://archive.org/stream/HuntingInTheHimalaya/Hunting%20in%20the%20Himalaya#page/n9/mode/1up Map]. Archive.org. Also available as a  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/501686 pdf download, Digital Library of India]
*Dehra Dun and [[Mussoorie]] are mentioned [http://books.google.com/books?id=b60IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA424 page 424]  ''Bombay Miscellany (Chesson & Woodhall’s), Volume I''. November 1860- April 1861. Google Books.
*Dehra Dun and [[Mussoorie]] are mentioned [http://books.google.com/books?id=b60IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA424 page 424]  ''Bombay Miscellany (Chesson & Woodhall’s), Volume I''. November 1860- April 1861. Google Books.
*[https://archive.org/details/tigershootingind00fiferich ''Tiger-shooting in the Doon and Ulwar: with Life in India''] by Lt.-Colonel J C Fife-Cookson 1887 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/tigershootingind00fiferich ''Tiger-shooting in the Doon and Ulwar: with Life in India''] by Lt.-Colonel J C Fife-Cookson 1887 Archive.org
*[http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace/handle/123456789/757  ''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 [http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace  Bhagirathi - The Institute Repository of IIT Roorkee]. It is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website: [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/281349  Pdf download], with additional files available.
*[http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace/handle/123456789/757  ''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 [http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace  Bhagirathi - The Institute Repository of IIT Roorkee]. It is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/281349  Pdf download], with additional files available.
*''Report on the MacLaren Leper Asylum, Dehra Dun, U.P. India for...'' [https://archive.org/details/b22394564 1903], [https://archive.org/details/b22394576 1904].  Archive.org
*''Report on the MacLaren Leper Asylum, Dehra Dun, U.P. India for...'' [https://archive.org/details/b22394564 1903], [https://archive.org/details/b22394576 1904].  Archive.org



Revision as of 13:56, 10 August 2016

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"[1]

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) [2]
  • 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

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

Historical books online

References

  1. Himalayan Gazetteer Volume 3, Part 1, actual page 189, computer page 202
  2. Doon Churches Tell a Tale tribuneindia.com