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Historical books online
===Historical books online===
*''The Himalayan Gazetteer or the Himalayan Districts of the North Western Province Provinces of India'' by Edwin T Atkinson in 3 Volumes (6 Parts) originally published 1882, 1884, 1886 is available, in a reprint edition, to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Covers the regions of Kumaon and Garhwal. This area is now the state of Uttarakhand. Volume 1, Part part 1 Contents computer page 12; Volume 1, Part part 2 Contents cp 12, Index cp 536; Volume 2, Part part 1 Contents cp18; Volume 2, Part part 2 Contents cp 16 Index cp 458, includes History of the British in the area; Volume 3, Part part 1 Contents cp 10 Place names A-J; Volume 3, Part part 2 Contents cp 8 Place names K-Z. Pdf downloads: [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/95851 Vol. 1, Part 1] [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/97345 Vol. 1, Part 2] [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/95852 Vol. 2, Part 1], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/96527 Vol. 2, Part 2], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/95853 Vol. 3, Part 1], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/95854 Vol. 3, Part 2]. Additional files are available for Volume 3.*:DLI mirror versions on Archive.org for [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28Himalayan+Gazetteer%29&sort=-date ''Himalayan Gazetteer'']: Also see [[Gazetteers]] for original editions.:* Dehra appears in Volume 3, Part 1, actual [https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.95853/2015.95853.The-Himalayan-Gazetteer--Vol-3-Part-1#page/n201/mode/2up page 189, computer page 202].
*The following books are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
**''Historical and Statistical Memoir of Dehra Doon'' by G R C Williams. 1874 [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/260543 Pdf download], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.260543 Archive.org mirror version], with additional files available.**''Dehra Dun Past and Present with a Complete Historical, Geographical and Administrative Guide and Directory to Dehra and the Doon District'' by Capt OES Power 1929 [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/71795 Pdf download], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.71795 Archive.org mirror version].
*[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1884-guide-to-masuri-landaur-dehra-dun-and-hills-north-of-dehra-by-northam-s-pdf ''Guide to Masuri, Landaur, Dehra Dun and Hills North of Dehra''] by John Northam 1884. Pdf download Pahar- Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset
*''Guide to Mussoorie, Landour, Chakrata and Dehra Dun, etc'' by Robert Hawthorne published at Mussoorie by Beacon Press 1890 is available to download as a pdf from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]], under the title [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1890-the-beacons-guide-to-mussoorie-by-hawthorne-pdf/ ''The Beacon’s Guide to Mussoorie''].
*[https://archive.org/details/jstor-1797684 "Journey Through the Himma-leh Mountains to the Sources of the River Jumna, and Thence to the Confines of Chinese Tartary: Performed in April-October, 1827"] by Captain C. Johnson, Late of the 11th Dragoons. from ''Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London'', Volume 4,1834. With a Map. Archive.org. Deyrah Dhoon is mentioned in the first pages of the article.
*[https://archive.org/details/jstor-25207593 "The Past and Present Condition of the Deyrah Dhoon; In a Letter from J. D. Mac Donald, Esq., of the Bengal Infantry, to Colonel Sykes, F.R.S.] An article from ''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 7'', 1843. Archive.org.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=h05FAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3 Deyrah] page 3 ''A Summer Ramble in the Himalayas: With Sporting Adventures in the Vale of Cashmere‬'' Edited by Mountaineer [Frederick Wilson] 1860 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/HuntingInTheHimalaya ''Hunting in the Himalaya. With notices of customs and countries from the elephant haunts of the Dehra Doon to the Bunchowr tracks in eternal snow''] by R H W Dunlop BCS [Bengal Civil Service] 1860 with a [https://archive.org/stream/HuntingInTheHimalaya/Hunting%20in%20the%20Himalaya#page/n9/mode/1up Map]. Archive.org. Also available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/501686 pdf download, Digital Library of India], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.501686 Archive.org mirror version].
*Dehra Dun and [[Mussoorie]] are mentioned [http://books.google.com/books?id=b60IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA424 page 424] ''Bombay Miscellany (Chesson & Woodhall’s), Volume I''. November 1860- April 1861. Google Books.
*[https://archive.org/details/tigershootingind00fiferich ''Tiger-shooting in the Doon and Ulwar: with Life in India''] by Lt.-Colonel J C Fife-Cookson 1887 Archive.org
*[http://bhagirathi.iitr.ac.in/dspace/handle/123456789/757 ''District Gazetteers of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh: Volume 1: Dehra Dun''] by H G Walton ICS 1911 may be downloaded as a pdf from [http://bhagirathiwww.new.iitrdli.acernet.in/dspace handle/2015/281349 Bhagirathi - The Institute Repository of IIT RoorkeePdf download]. It is also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website: , [httphttps://wwwarchive.org/details/in.newernet.dli.ernet2015.in/handle/2015/281349 Archive.org Pdf downloadmirror version], with additional files available.
*''Report on the MacLaren Leper Asylum, Dehra Dun, U.P. India for...'' [https://archive.org/details/b22394564 1903], [https://archive.org/details/b22394576 1904]. Archive.org
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