Dagshai
| Dagshai | |
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| 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 |
| Transport links | |
| Kalka-Simla Railway | |
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].
A cantonment was located there.
External links
- Dagshai Wikipedia
- Dagshai page 118 Gazetteer of the Simla District 1904 Google Books
- Churches and Cemeteries of Himachal Pradesh from Himachal Tourism has sections on Dagshai, Kasauli , and Subathu, in addition to Simla and other towns
- A piece of love falls prey to superstition from My Himachal about Dagshai Cemetery
- Dagshai of yore and now by Maniki Deep Saturday 17 October 1998 tribuneindia.com
- A neglected reminder of the Raj by Romesh Dutt. 6 February 1999 tribuneindia.com
- The dark secret of Dagshai by Malvika K. Singh Sunday, 23 September 2012 www.tribuneindia.com "The little-known cantonment town has a cellular jail and museum..."
- Postcard: Dagshai. Married Quarters stamps-auction.com
References
- ↑ A neglected reminder of the Raj By Romesh Dutt