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|presidency=[[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]
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|coordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=30.69,77.86&z=12&t=h&hl=en 30.69°N 77.86°E]
|altitude= 2,118 m (6,949 ft)
|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakrata Chakrata]
|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarakhand Uttarakhand]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
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'''Chakrata''' is located in the [[Dehra Dun]] District, between [[Mussoorie]] and [[Simla]]. It was established as a cantonment in 1866 and first occupied in 1869.
==External links==
*[http://www.chakrata.in/ Chakrata] www.chakrata.in
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=fcrieQdY3Y0C&pg=PA81 Chakrata] ''Hill resorts of U.P. Himalaya: a geographical study'', page 81 by Nutan Tyagi 1991 Google Books
**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043209-RE_171833.html Kailana, Siaha Rest Camp post stamped 23.10.1928] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043209-VE_216195.html reverse side]
====Historical books online====
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V10_131.gif "Chakrata Tahsil" and "Chakrata Town"] ''Imperial Gazetteer of India'', v. 10, p. 125.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=iZUEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA426 "Special Reports With Reference To The Proposed New Site For Military Cantonments On The Pokree Range In The Himalaya Mountains, East Indies"] by H. M. Fraser, M.D., Surgeon, 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade. ''Army Medical Department: Statistical, Sanitary and Medical Reports, Volume VII for the Year 1865''. Presented to both Houses of Parliament
