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Dalhousie (Hindi pronunciation: [ɖəlɦɔːziː]) is a hill station, near town of Chamba in Chamba district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It is situated on five hills and has an elevation of 1,970 m (6,460 ft) above sea level.
It lies on a small plateau with a stream-fed lake at its center. Surrounded by meadows and forests, Khajjiar lies about 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) above sea level in the foothills of the Dhauladhar ranges in the Western Himalayas. It is also part of the Kalatop Khajjiar Sanctuary. [2] Khajjiar can be reached from Dalhousie, the nearest major town.
Dalhousie has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 65.38%. Male literacy is 79% and, female literacy is 72%. In Dalhousie, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. Dalhousie is a very popular tourist destination with its most popular attraction is the Khajjiar Valley [9] [citation needed].
In the 1840s and 1850s, there was a wave of new hill stations, with the main impetus being "places to rest and recuperate from the arduous life on the plains". In the second half of the 19th century, there was a period of consolidation with few new hill stations. In the final phase, "hill stations reached their zenith in the late nineteenth ...
The main Ravi River flows through the base of Dalhousie hill, past the Chamba town. It is at an elevation of 856 metres (2,807 ft) (where a long wooden bridge existed to cross the Ravi River). [13] It flows into the south-west, near Dalhousie, and then cuts a gorge in the Dhauladhar Range, before entering the Punjab plain near Madhopur and ...
Dalhousie is a small town in south-western Quebec near the border of Ontario, in the municipality of Saint-Télesphore, which is located within Vaudreuil-Soulanges Regional County Municipality, Quebec .
Dalhousie Station may represent: Dalhousie Station, Quebec, a town in Quebec; Dalhousie station (Calgary), a CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
At this time the station was stocked with 5,000 head of cattle and 130 horses. [1] The property was acquired by the Lewis family and in 1904 was being managed by A. Ross. [5] R. Sandford was running the property in 1924; the same year good rains fell, filling the water-holes along the Finke. [6] Dalhousie Ruins on the station