Chakrata is a cantonment town and also a sub district/tehsil, in Dehradun district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It lies between the Tons and Yamuna rivers, at an elevation of 2118 m, 98 km from the state capital, Dehradun. Chakrata was originally a cantonment of the British Indian Army. To the west lies Himachal Pradesh, and to the east are Mussoorie (73 km) and Tehri Garhwal. Contents 1History 2The cantonment 3Tourism
Doon University (Hindi: दून विश्वविद्यालय) is a state public university located in Dehradun in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand. Contents 1History 2Campus 3Organisation and administration 3.1Governance 3.2Faculties 3.3Dr.Nitya Nand Himalayan research and study centre 3.3.1School of Media and Communication (SOMC) 3.3.2School of Design 3.3.3School of Environment and Natural Resources 3.3.4School of Languages 3.3.5School of Management 3.3.6School of Physical Sciences 3.3.7School
Kaurava is a Sanskrit term which refers to descendants of Kuru, a legendary king of India who is the ancestor of many of the characters of the epic Mahabharata. Usually, the term is used for the 100 sons of King Dhritarashtra and his wife Gandhari. Duryodhana, Dushasana, Vikarna and Chitrasena are the most popular among the brothers. They also had a sister named Dussala and a half-brother named Yuyutsu. Kaurava
The Great Himalayas or Greater Himalayas or Himadri is the highest mountain range of the Himalayan Range. The world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, as well as other “near−highest” peaks, such as Kangchenjunga, Lhotse, and Nanga Parbat, are part of the Greater Himalayas range. The total west to east extension of the Great Himalayas is 2400 km (1500 miles) and their average elevation is 6000 m (20000 ft.). Several glaciers are contained
The Edicts of Ashoka are a collection of more than thirty inscriptions on the Pillars of Ashoka, as well as boulders and cave walls, attributed to Emperor Ashoka of the Maurya Empire who reigned from 268 BCE to 232 BCE. Ashoka used the expression Dhaṃma Lipi (Prakrit in the Brahmi script: 𑀥𑀁𑀫𑀮𑀺𑀧𑀺, “Inscriptions of the Dharma”) to describe his own Edicts. These inscriptions were dispersed throughout the areas of modern-day Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and
Vishal Uppal (born 10 November 1976) is a tennis player from India. He participated in the Davis Cup in 2000 and 2002. He actually started playing cricket at school as a young boy, but switched to tennis at the age of 11. He played in Father O’Brien’s tennis tournament at school and lost in the semifinals, but it made him
The South Extension metro station is a station located on the Pink Line of the Delhi Metro.[1] The station was opened on 6 August 2018. South Extension metro is situated on the Ring Road and metro station will serve both part I and II of South Extension. It also connects the two neighbouring shopping districts of South Extension through a pedestrian overbridge
A veteran (from Latin vetus ‘old’) is a person who has significant experience (and is usually adept and esteemed) and expertise in a particular occupation or field. A military veteran is a person who is no longer in a military. A military veteran that has served directly in combat in a war is further defined as a war veteran (although not all military conflicts, or areas in which armed combat took
The Violet Line (Line 6) is a metro rail line of the Delhi Metro, a rapid transit system in Delhi, India. The line connects Kashmere Gate station in New Delhi with Raja Nahar Singh in Ballabhgarh via Faridabad. The line consists of 32 metro stations with a total length of 46.34 kilometres (28.79 mi). This line acts as a parallel link for those, who travel in the heavily used Yellow Line and connects the interior
South Delhi Public School is a senior secondary school affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. It is a co-educational day and boarding school. South Delhi Public School Address Defence Colony New Delhi India Coordinates 28.5781883°N 77.2364812°E Information Motto Work is Worship Established 1966 Principal Jyotsna Jain [1] Faculty Full time Gender Co-Educational Affiliations Central Board of