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There '''Landour''' was a British cantonment at Landouradjacent to Mussoorie. There are a few references to a cantonment at Mullingar, which is probably part of Landour, where there is a Mullingar Hill.
*Modern name: Mussoorie, <br>Variants: Mussooree, /Masuri, /Mansuri/Mussoori<br> Modern name: Landor<br>*Landour, Variants: Landaur
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'''Mussoorie''' is was a [[hill station]] situated in the foothills Dehra Dun District of [[United Provinces]] during the HimalayasBritish period.. It was developed by the British from 1825 as a summer retreat and remains a popular tourist destination. Several boarding schools catering for British families were established in and around Mussoorie and its satellite, '''Landour'''.
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==FIBIS resources==
*[http://archive.org/stream/handbooktravelle00john#page/n461/mode/2up "Map of Mussooree and Landaur"], between pages 280 and 281, ''A Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon'' published by John Murray, London Eighth Edition 1911 Archive.org.
*1922 Guide Map of Mussoorie and Landour by Survey of India is available to download from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], located under Maps, Indian Subcontinent-After 1900, 1922.
====Historical books online====
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_067.gif Mussoorie] Imperial Gazetteer
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V16_141.gif Landour] Imperial Gazetteer
*[https://archive.org/stream/firstimpressions02baco#page/94/mode/2up "Mussoori and Landour"] , page 94,'' Volume II, First impressions and studies from nature in Hindostan; embracing an outline of the voyage to Calcutta, and five years residence in Bengal and the Doab, from MDCCCXXXI to MDCCCXXXVI'' by Thomas Bacon, Lieut. Of the Bengal Horse Artillery 1837 Archive.org
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=U6_bUukB-nIC&pg=PA251 Mussoorie] page 251 with a section on Landour page 258 ''The Bengal and Agra Annual Guide and Gazetteer for 1842 Volume II'' Google Books
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