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ID: 1075115
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1075115
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dehra Dūn (inhabited place)  Dehra Dūn (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 30 19 28 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 30.3244  decimal degrees
Long: 078 02 02 E  degrees minutes   Long: 78.0339  decimal degrees

Note: Was founded by heretical Sikh guru, Ram Rai, when he was driven out of the Punjab in the 17th century; he built a Muslim temple there in 1699; the town suffered numerous invasions in 18th century, and was ceded to Great Britain in 1816 at the end of Gurkha War.

Names:
Dehra Dūn (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Dehra Dun (C,V)
Dehra (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of India (nation)  ........  India (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Uttarakhand (state)  ............  Uttarakhand (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Dehra Dūn (inhabited place)  ................  Dehra Dūn (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 17th cen.
town (C)
administrative center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Dehra..........  [VP]
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) I, 232
Dehra Dūn..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 4 January 2007
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-44
Dehra Dun..........  [VP]
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 232
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 54
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 232
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 4 January 2007
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2094211
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-44
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 54
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) I, 232
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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