Dharmsala
| Dharmsala | |
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| Presidency: Bengal | |
| Coordinates: | 32.222°N 76.3172°E |
| Altitude: | 1,457 m (4,780 ft) |
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| Place Name: | Dharamsala |
| State/Province: | Himachal Pradesh |
| Country: | India |
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Dharmsala was the headquarters of Kangra District in the Jullundur Division of Punjab Province during the British period. It was a hill station and sanatorium.
Spelling Variants
Modern name: Dharamsala
Variants: Dharmsala/Dharmasala/Dharamshala/Dhamsala/Dhurrumsala
1905 earthquake
- 1905 Kangra earthquake Wikipedia. Most buildings in the towns of Kangra, Mcleodganj and Dharamshala were destroyed.
- Dharmsala, page 14, Photographs of Dharmsala, rear of book, computer page n453 Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India Volume XXXVIII The Kangra Earthquake of 4th April 1905 by CS Middlemiss, Superintendent, Geological Survey of India 1910, reprinted 1981 Archive.org
External Links
- Dharmsala Love to Know 1911
- Dharmsala Imperial gazetteer
- St. John in the Wilderness Wikipedia
- /St. Johns Church, Dharamshala flickr.com. Located 8 km from Dharamsala on the way to McLeod Ganj.
- Saint John's Church in The Wilderness flickr.com. Mentions the graveyard in a poor state of repair
- Another visit to St. John Church in Mcleodganj, Dharmshala phototravelings.blogspot.com. Mentions a 'well tended cemetery'
- St. John's Church Dharmasala video from You Tube
- Dharamshala 123himachal.com
- McLeod Ganj Wikipedia. Now the official residence of the Dalai Lama
- A Guide to Little Lhasa in India tibetanworld.com. Includes some history of the area, including a severe earthquake in 1905
