Palampur

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Palampur
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Presidency: Bengal
Coordinates: 32.1167°N 76.5333°E
Altitude: 1,472 m (4,829 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Palampur
State/Province: Himachal Pradesh
Country: India
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Palampur, situated in the Kangra Valley, owes much of its early rise and prosperity to tea. Its cultivation was introduced to Kangra from a Chinese hybrid growing in Almora by Dr. Jameson, Superintendent Botanical Gardens, North-West Frontier Province in 1849. This attracted several European tea planters and their families to the area.[1]

The devastating earthquake of 4 April 1905 reduced the entire valley to rubble, crippling Kangra’s tea industry for years to come. The English planters, who had till then led the way with new techniques, machinery and marketing, left the valley for good.[2]

Palampur is located 40 km from Dharmsala , 38 km from Kangra and 259 km from Simla

Volunteer Regiments

There was a detachment of the Punjab Light Horse at Palumpur in 1898.

See also

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References

  1. Churches and Cemeteries of Himachal Pradesh Himachal Tourism.
  2. Kangra Tea: Turning a new leaf by Abhilash Gaur 19 May 2008. www.livemint.com