See also:

• DEHRA

DEHRA DUN  , a See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, in the See also:

• MEERUT

Meerut See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

• UNITED

United Provinces . Its See also:

• AREA

area is 1209 sq. m . The district is bounded on the N. by the native See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• TEHRI

Tehri or See also:

• GARHWAL, or GURWAL

Garhwal, on the E. by British Garhwal, on the S. by the Siwalik hills, which See also:

• SEPARATE

separate it from See also:

• SAHARANPUR

Saharanpur district, and on the W. by the See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill states of See also:

• SIRMUR, or SARMOR (also called NAHAN, after the chief town)

Sirmur, Jubbal and Taroch . The valley (the Dun) has an area of about 673 sq. m., and forms a parallelogram 45 M. from N.W. to S.E. and 15 M. broad . It is well wooded, undulating and intersected by streams . On the N.E. the See also:

• HORIZON (Gr. 6pfTwv, dividing)

horizon is bounded by the See also:

• MUSSOORIE, or MASURI

Mussoorie or See also:

• LOWER

lower range of the Himalayas, and on the S. by the Siwalik hills . The Himalayas in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the district attain a height between 7000 and 8000 ft., one See also:

• PEAK, THE

peak reaching an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of 8565 ft.; the highest point of the Siwalik range is 3041 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal passes through the Siwalik hills are the Timli pass, leading to the military station of See also:

• CHAKRATA

Chakrata, and the Mohand pass leading to the sanatoriums of Mussoorie and Landaur . The See also:

• GANGES (GANGA)

Ganges See also:

• BOUNDS, BEATING THE

bounds the See also:

• DEHRA

Dehra valley on the E.; the See also:

• JUMNA, or JAMUNA

Jumna bounds it on the W . From a point about midway between the two See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, and neat the See also:

• TOWN

town of Dehra, runs a See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge which forms the See also:

• WATERSHED

watershed of the valley . To the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of this ridge the See also:

• WATER

water collects to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the Asan, a tributary of the Jumna; whilst to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east the Suswa receives the drainage and flows into the Ganges . To the east the valley is characterized by swamps and forests, but to the west the natural depressions freely carry off the See also:

• SURFACE

surface drainage .

Along the central ridge, the water-level lies at a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• DEPTH

depth from the surface (228 ft.), but it rises gradually as the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country declines towards the great rivers . In 1901 the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population was 178,195, showing an increase of 6 % in the See also:

• DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade . A railway to Dehra from See also:

• HARDWAR, or HURDWAR

Hardwar, on the Oudh and See also:

• ROHILKHAND

Rohilkhand See also:

• LINE

line (32 m.), was completed in 1900 . The district is served by the Dun canals . See also:

• TEA (Chinese cha, Amoy dialect t€)

Tea gardens See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover a considerable area, and the valley contains a See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony of See also:

• EUROPEAN

European tea planters . See also:

• HISTORY

History.—Dehra Dun only emerges from the mists of See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend into See also:

• AUTHENTIC (from Gr. aOO 'rns, one who does a thing himself)

authentic history in the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D., when it formed See also:

• PART

part of the Garhwal See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom . Towards the end of the century the heretical See also:

• SIKH

Sikh Guru, Rarn Rai, expelled from the See also:

• PUNJAB

Punjab, sought See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in the Dun and gathered See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round him a See also:

• CROWD, CROUTH, CROWTH

crowd of devotees . Fateh Sah, See also:

• RAJA

raja of Garhwal, endowed the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple which he built, round which See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up the town of Gurudwara or Dehra (q.v.) . In the 18th century the fertility of the valley attracted the See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention of Najib-ud-daula, See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Saharanpur, who invaded it with an See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army of Rohillas in 1757 and annexed it to his dominion . His See also:

• RULE

rule, which lasted till 1770, brought great prosperity to the Dun; but on his See also:

• DEATH

death it became a See also:

• PREY (0. Fr. preie, mod. proie, Lat. praeda, booty, from prae and the root hed—seen in prehendere, prendere, to grasp)

prey to the surrounding tribes, its desolation being completed after its See also:

• CONQUEST

conquest by the Gurkhas in 1803 . In 1814 it was taken See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of by the British, and in the following See also:

• YEAR

year was annexed to Saharanpur . Under British See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration the Dun rapidly recovered its prosperity .