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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_307.gif Dharmsala] Imperial gazetteer<br>
 
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_307.gif Dharmsala] Imperial gazetteer<br>
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John_in_the_Wilderness St. John in the Wilderness]  Wikipedia
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John_in_the_Wilderness St. John in the Wilderness]  Wikipedia
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jitens/7464320750/ St. Johns Church, Dharamshala] flickr.com. Located 8 km from Dharamsala on the way to McLeod Ganj.
 
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kkoshy/3861160166/ Saint John's Church in The Wilderness] flickr.com. Mentions the graveyard in a poor state of repair
 
*[http://phototravelings.blogspot.com.au/2009/12/st-johns-church-on-way-to-mcleodganj.html St. John's Church on the way to Mcleodganj from Dharmshala] and [http://phototravelings.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/another-visit-to-st-john-church-in.html?m=0 Another visit to St. John Church in Mcleodganj, Dharmshala] phototravelings.blogspot.com. Mentions a 'well tended cemetery'
 
 
*[http://gravematters.in/?p=1753 Saint John in the Wilderness cemetery Mcleodgunj, Himachal Pradesh, India] by K.J.S.Chatrath. June 5, 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014. gravematters.in
 
*[http://gravematters.in/?p=1753 Saint John in the Wilderness cemetery Mcleodgunj, Himachal Pradesh, India] by K.J.S.Chatrath. June 5, 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014. gravematters.in
 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1JSwG6Lmko  St. John's Church Dharmasala] video from You Tube
 
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1JSwG6Lmko  St. John's Church Dharmasala] video from You Tube

Revision as of 16:05, 17 May 2016

Dharmsala
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 32.222°N 76.3172°E
Altitude: 1,457 m (4,780 ft)
Present Day Details
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
  • See also 1905 Kangra earthquake

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Historical books online

  • Punjab District Gazetteers Volume XA Kangra District Part A 1904 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. There appears to be no index, but there is a section on Dharmsala commencing computer page 259 (printed page 250)