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Dhaulakuan or Dhaula Kuan is a small town in the Paonta Sahib tehsil of Sirmour district in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is strategically located between Nahan , one of the tehsils of Sirmour district, and Paonta Sahib on National Highway 72, which connects Dehradun and Shimla .
Dhaula Kuan sits between Chanakyapuri and the Delhi Cantonment; the former is an affluent neighbourhood that is home to a number of embassies and the latter houses a number of military personnel and their families. Major institutions and points of interest in the neighbourhood include:
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An interchange facility is also available with Dhaula Kuan metro station on the Airport Express Line. The foot-over bridge, which opened on 9 February 2019, connects both stations via a 1.2 km long skywalk, featuring a record 22 travellators for seamless and efficient commuting. [2]
The Pink Line has the highest point of the Delhi Metro at Dhaula Kuan with a height of 23.6 metres (77 ft), passing over the Dhaula Kuan grade separator flyovers and the Airport Express Line. [2] It also possesses the country's smallest metro station, Ashram , with a size of just 151.6 metres (497 ft) against the usual 265 metres (869 ft).
A little away from Dhaula Kuan is Kastasan Devi temple where Raja Jagat Singh defeated the advancing army of Rustam Qadir Rohilla in a great battle. Their victory is commemorated in the Devi Temple, built in gratitude by the Raja. Dhaula Kuan also has a research station of H.P., KVV where useful research on tropical fruits is carried out.
The Dhaula Kuan metro station is located on the Delhi Airport Express Line of the Delhi Metro. The solitary elevated station on the Airport Express Line, it features check-in facilities as well. [1] This station did not begin operations with the rest of the Airport Express Line, and initially, trains passed through without stopping.
It runs through the central section of the Delhi Ridge and connects Karol Bagh to Dhaula Kuan. It was earlier called Upper Ridge Road, frequently shortened to Ridge Road, and is still often referred to by this name. For most areas of North Delhi, the shortest route to Delhi airport lies through the entire length of Vandemataram Marg.