Hindustan is an

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in Washington Township,

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, in the

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History

Hindustan was

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ted on August 18, 1853, by Charles G. Carr. The community took its name after India (

Hindustan ''Hindūstān'' ( , from '' Hindū'' and ''-stān''), also sometimes spelt as Hindōstān ( ''Indo-land''), along with its shortened form ''Hind'' (), is the Persian-language name for the Indian subcontinent that later became commonly used by ...

) "...or a region of it." Documents dating from the 1870s spell the town's name as 'Hindostan'.

Geography

Hindustan is located at at an altitude of 271 metres (892 feet)Location of Hindustan - Falling Rain Genomics
/ref> along Old State Road 37 between Chambers Pike and Farr Road. It is within the Morgan Monroe State Forest.

References

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