Dehradun (/ ˌ d ɛ r ə ˈ d uː n /) is the capital 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. Part of the Garhwal region, and housing the …

Dehradun Lok Sabha constituency was a Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency in Uttar Pradesh (now part of Uttarakhand). This constituency came into existence in 1952 and existed until 1977, following the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies. Assembly segments ...

Dehradun organized its second pride on August 25, 2019. The pride was organized by Queer Collective Dehradun in association with Indian Queer Observer, Prayojan Kalyan Samiti and supported by Humsafar Trust. The events saw many participants both from in and out of the city. The pride started from Parade ground at 2:30 pm and went for a few hours.

The Indian Military Academy (IMA) is the oldest Military Academy in India, and trains officers for the Indian Army.Located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, it was established in 1932 following a recommendation by a military committee set up under the chairmanship of General (later Field Marshal) Sir Philip Chetwode.From a class of 40 male cadets in 1932, IMA now has a …

Shatabdi Express trains are a series of fast (called Superfast in India) passenger trains operated by Indian Railways to connect Metro cities with other Major cities for tourism, pilgrimage & business purposes. Shatabdi Express are day-trains and they return to the station of origin the same day. The Shatabdi along with the Rajdhani, the Duronto, the Vande Bharat, the Gatimaan, …

There are more than 650 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya schools in India. These JNVs are governed by eight different regions. These Regional Offices are at Bhopal, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Patna, Pune and Shillong which have jurisdiction over different states and union territories of India. The list of various Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in India listed regionally, …

The Doon School (informally Doon School or Doon) is a selective all-boys boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, which was established in 1935.It was envisioned by Satish Ranjan Das, a lawyer from Kolkata, who prevised a school modelled on the British public school while remaining conscious of Indian ambitions and desires. The school admitted its first pupils on 10 …

A cantonment (/ k æ n ˈ t ɒ n m ən t /, / k æ n ˈ t oʊ n m ən t /, or UK: / k æ n ˈ t uː n m ən t /) is a military or police quarters. In India and other parts of South Asia, a cantonment refers to a permanent military station (a term from the colonial-era). In United States military parlance, a cantonment is, essentially, "a permanent residential section (i.e. barrack) of a fort ...

Uttarakhand (English: / ˈ ʊ t ə r ɑː ˌ k ʌ n d /, / ˌ ʊ t ə r ə ˈ k ʌ n d / or / ˌ ʊ t ə ˈ r æ k ə n d /; Hindi: ['ʊt̪ːərɑːkʰəɳɖ], lit. 'Northern Land'), also known as Uttaranchal (English: / ˈ ʊ t ə ˈ r æ n tʃ ʌ l /; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India.It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods ...

Satyameva Jayate (Sanskrit: सत्यमेव जयते, lit. 'Truth alone triumphs', pronounced [sɐt̪jɐmeːʋɐ ˈd͡ʑɐjɐt̪eː]) is a part of a mantra from the Hindu scripture Mundaka Upanishad. Following the independence of India, it was adopted as the national motto of India on 26 January 1950, the day India became a republic. It is inscribed in the Devanagari script at the ...