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Dehradun (/ ˌ d ɛr ə ˈ d uː n /, ISO: Dēharādūna), also known as Dehra Doon, is the winter capital [13] and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand.It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and is governed by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, with the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly holding its winter sessions in the city as its winter capital ...
Formerly known as Indian Photo-interpretation Institute (IPI), the institute was founded on April 21st 1966 under the aegis of Survey of India (SOI). It was established with the collaboration of the government of the Netherlands on the pattern of the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the University of Twente, formerly known as the International Institute for ...
This is list of tourist places in Dehradun a city in Uttarakhand state of India [1] Forest Research Institute (India) Mindrolling Monastery; Tapkeshwar Temple; Kipling Trail; Khalanga War Memorial; Robber's Cave, India; Asan Barrage; Dehradun canals; Mahasu Devta Temple; Guru Ram Rai Darbar Sahib; George Everest's House; Sahastradhara; Lachhiwala
The academy was constituted in the year 1987 by renaming the Indian Forest College, which was established in 1938 for training senior forest officers. [2] On 25 May 1987, Indian Forest College upgraded to National Forest Academy through a resolution and given a formal name "Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy". [3]
The Dehradun Municipal Corporation is the civic or urban local body [1] [2] that governs the city of Dehradun in Uttarakhand, India. It is essentially the city government and differs from the MDDA (Mussoorie Dehradun Development Board), which is a state run organisation.
Prem Nagar is a locality in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand, India.With total population of 11830, [1] It was named after Ral Bahadur Prem Nath. [2] Following the creation of the Indian Military College in 1922 in the nearby village of Garhi, the Indian Military Academy was founded in 1932 in Prem Nagar on the grounds of the Railway Staff College. [3]
Blind persons at the Training Centre for the Adult Blind at Dehradun play Tug-of-War, 1951 Central Braille Press, Dehradun. The first institution was the St. Dunstan's Hostel for Indian War Blinded established by St. Dunstan of London in 1943, [6] which offered a basic set of rehabilitation services to the soldiers and sailors blinded in the World War II.
Headquartered in Dehradun, its functions are to conduct forestry research; transfer the technologies developed to the states of India and other user agencies; and to impart forestry education. The council has 9 research institutes and 4 advanced centres to cater to the research needs of different bio-geographical regions.