See also:MUSSOORIE, or MASURI
, a See also:town and sanitarium of See also:British See also:India, in the See also:Dehra Dun See also:district of the See also:United Provinces, about 6600 ft. above the See also:sea
.
Pop
.
(1901), 6461, rising to 15,000 in the hot See also:season
.
It stands on a See also:ridge of one of the See also:lower Himalayan ranges, amid beautiful See also:mountain scenery, and forms with Naini Tal the See also:chief summer resort for See also:European residents in the plains of the United Provinces
.
The view from See also:Mussoorie over the valley of the Dun and across the Siwalik hills to the plains is very beautiful, as also is the view towards the See also:north, which is bounded by the peaks of the snowy range
.
Mussoorie practically forms one station with Landaur, the convalescent See also:depot for European troops, 7362 ft. above the sea
.
Some distance off, on the road to See also:Simla, is the See also:cantonment of See also:Chakrata, 7300 ft
.
It was formerly approached by road from See also:Saharanpur in the plains, 58 m. distant, but in 1900 the railway was opened to Dehra, 21 M. by road
.
There are numerous See also:schools for Europeans, including St See also:George's See also:college, the Philander-See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith See also:institute, the See also:Oak See also:Grove school of the See also:East See also:Indian railway, and several See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church of See also:England and See also:Roman See also:Catholic institutions, together with a See also:cathedral of the latter faith
.
The first brewery in India was established here in 185o
.
The town has botanical gardens, and is, the summer headquarters of the Trigonometrical Survey
.
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