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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.
Khajjiar is a hill station near the town of Chamba in Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh, India, located approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) from Dalhousie. It lies on a small plateau with a stream-fed lake in the middle. The hill station is surrounded by meadows and forests.
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].
Dane Kennedy, following Monika Bührlein, identifies three stages in the evolution of hill stations in India: high refuge to hill station, and hill station to town. The first settlements started in the 1820s, primarily as sanitoria. In the 1840s and 1850s, there was a wave of new hill stations, with the main impetus being "places to rest and ...
Dalhousie Station, most commonly known as Dalhousie Springs Station, was a pastoral lease that once operated as a cattle station in South Australia Dalhousie and other surrounding leases were acquired by the Australian Government in 1985 to make up Witjira National Park .
Dalhousie station is a CTrain light rail station in Dalhousie, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.It opened on December 15, 2003, as part of a 2.8 km (1.73 miles) extension of the Northwest line, and was the terminal station of the NW line until June 14, 2009.
Dalhousie Station may represent: Dalhousie Station, Quebec, a town in Quebec; Dalhousie station (Calgary), a CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada;
Calgary light rail system map. CTrain is a light rail system in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.It has been in operation since May 25, 1981. [1] The system is operated by Calgary Transit, as part of the Calgary municipal government's transportation department. [2]