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Haridwar district
Haridwar district (), also spelled Hardwar, is part of Uttarakhand, India that lies in the Doab region, where people traditionally speak Kauravi dialect, Khariboli. It is headquartered at Haridwar which is also its largest city. The district is ringed by the districts Dehradun district, Dehradun in the north and east, Pauri Garhwal district, Pauri Garhwal in the east and the Uttar Pradesh districts of Muzaffarnagar district, Muzaffarnagar and Bijnor district, Bijnor in the south and Saharanpur district, Saharanpur in the west. Haridwar district came into existence on 28 December 1988 as part of Saharanpur division, Saharanpur Divisional Commissionary, On 24 September 1998 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly passed the 'Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Bill', 1998',Reorganisation Bill passed ...
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List Of Districts Of Uttarakhand
A district of Uttarakhand state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a District Magistrate (earlier called District Collector), an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The district magistrates are assisted by a number of officers such as deputy collector, assistant collector, additional district magistrate, sub-divisional magistrate, tehsildar, naib tehsildar belonging to the Uttarakhand Civil Service and other Uttarakhand state services. A Superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service, heads the police in the district and is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues. He is assisted by the officers of the Uttarakhand Police Service. A Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service, is responsible for managing the Forests, environment and wild-life related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Uttarakhand Forest Ser ...
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Saharanpur Division
Saharanpur division is one of the 18 administrative geographical units (i.e. division) of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh that came into effect in April 1997. The city of Saharanpur is the administrative headquarters of the division. Administrative jurisdiction This division has 3 districts under its jurisdiction: *Saharanpur *Shamli *Muzaffarnagar Before formation of uttarakhand, haridwar district was also part of saharanpur divisonary commission. See also * Shakambhari, a temple area north of Saharanpur * North India North India is a geographical region, loosely defined as a cultural region comprising the northern part of India (or historically, the Indian subcontinent) wherein Indo-Aryans (speaking Indo-Aryan languages) form the prominent majority populati ..., the region in which Saharanpur lies References External links Saharanpur Official website {{coord, 29.9700, N, 77.5400, E, source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:IN, display=title Divisi ...
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Bhagwanpur, Uttarakhand
Bhagwanpur is a Town, Tehsil, and Taluka in Haridwar district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is 57 km far from Dehradun which is the capital of Uttarakhand. It is the commercial centre of Ghad Chhetra. It was founded by Bhagwana in the old age Zamindara. It is one of Uttarakhand's industrial zones. Demographics As of 2011 India census, Bhagwanpur had a population of 7,573. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%.Bhagwanpur has an average literacy rate of 67.76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 76.82% and female literacy of 58.05%. Government The current MLA of Bhagwanpur is Mamta Rakesh wife of previous MLA Late Surender Rakesh of Congress Party. Road links *Roorkee- 13 km *Saharanpur-27 km * Chhutmalpur-11 km *Haridwar-35 km near *Dehradun-63 km near *Muzaffarnagar Muzaffarnagar (, ) is a city under Muzaffarnagar district in the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated midway o ...
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Dhandera
Dhandera is a census town in Haridwar district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. Dhandera is located at . About As of the 2001 India census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ..., Dhandera had a population of 15,297. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Dhandera has an average literacy rate of 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%, male literacy is 62% and female literacy is 48%. In Dhandera, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age. As per census2011.co.in data the current estimated population of Dhandera in 2024 is approximately 32,900. Transport The Dhandhera railway station is situated on the Moradabad–Ambala line under the Moradabad railway division. References Cities and towns in Haridwar district {{Uttarakhand ...
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Landhaura
Landhaura is a town and a nagar panchayat in Haridwar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. History Gurjars were present in that area earlier than 6th century. They were initially employed as Chaukidars of small villages of Doab as to protect the peasants from attacks of war bands of more powerful villages in their neighbourhood. Later rulers of this region employed them for purpose of police and revenue collection. So after gaining strength and confidence of villagers, Gurjars settled on depopulated sites and even seized some old villages for themselves. Landhaura estate was established by a Gurjar chieftain of Khubar clan. It took its name from person named Latur who migrated here after rest of his family was killed by someone, it later became Latura and over time changed to Landhaura. Najib Khan Rohilla, the Mughal Governor granted rights of revenue collection to Chaudhari Nahar Singh in 1759-60 for this taluqa. After this, more and more Gurjars flocked to Landhaur ...
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Laksar
Laksar is a small town, near Haridwar city and Nagar Palika in Haridwar district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, situated along National Highway 334A. It is an important sugar manufacturing destination in the state and also known for the Laksar Junction railway station (LRJ), the largest railway junction in the state, which was built in 1866. History Laksar has been a significant center for sugar manufacturing in Uttarakhand. One of the earliest mills, Rai Bahadur Narain Singh Sugar Mills was established in 1932, by Rai Bahadur Narain Singh who was a member of the Constituent Assembly. Geography Laksar has an average elevation of 227 metres (745 feet). It is situated between the towns of Khanpur and Sultanpur, and close to the towns of Pathri, Jhabrera and Roorkee in Haridwar district. MLA (Member of Legislative Assembly) Laksar Assembly constituency (34) is one of the seventy electoral constituencies of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. The area arou ...
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Jhabrera
Jhabrera is a town and a nagar panchayat this was capital of sarvkhap commander jograj singh Panwar in Hardwar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, situated 17 kilometres from Roorkee. It can be reached by taking a left turn before Ganga canal and while entering Manglaur town from Delhi. It is about 8 km from Iqbalpur railway station. Jhabreda state The town′ name originated from the former village of "Jhabar Hera", established by Rao Bahmal, chieftain and ‘zamindar’(Descendant of Mahabali Jograj Singh Panwar commander of Sarvakhap who fought Timur Lung in 1398), during the reign of Mughal Emperor Shahjahan Shah Jahan I, (Shahab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram; 5 January 1592 – 22 January 1666), also called Shah Jahan the Magnificent, was the Emperor of Hindustan from 1628 until his deposition in 1658. As the fifth Mughal emperor, his reign marked th .... Demographics The Jhabrera census town is divided into 7 wards for which elections are held every 5 ...
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Manglaur
Manglaur is a town with municipal board in Haridwar district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Uttarakhand. Pin code of Manglaur is 247656. Manglaur is located on national highway-58 (Delhi–Haridwar). It is 175 km away from Delhi and about 10 km from Roorkee. At the time of the British it used to be a tehsil, temple is still present there. And middle school building near gurukul used to Kachhari work. There was a Qila also the walls of which still exist in mandir road and that is a residential area now. The current chairman of Manglaur Ram Singh. History Manglaur is an old place of North India which has its own recognition. At one side, it has a matter of pride being a historical place and on the other hand, it bears such good people who are owners of unlimited assets. History is witness that its name is on the basis of its bearer whose name was Mangal Sen. For a long time it was the capital of the king Mangal Sen whose symbol is present ev ...
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Roorkee
Roorkee (Rūṛkī; ) is a city and Municipal Corporations in India, municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is from Haridwar, the district headquarters. It is spread over a flat terrain under the Sivalik Hills of the Himalayas. The city is developed on the banks of the Ganges Canal, its dominant feature, which flows from north–south through the middle of the city. Roorkee became part of the Landhaura, Landhaura estate of the Gurjar, Gurjars in 1824 after the death of Ram Dayal Singh, Ram Dayal Singh Gurjar. Roorkee is home to Asia's first engineering college the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, formerly known as Thomson College of Civil Engineering. Roorkee is also known for the Roorkee Cantonment, one of the country's oldest military establishments and the headquarters of Bengal Engineer Group since 1853. A freight train between Roorkee and Piran Kaliyar first ran on 22 December 1851, which was two years before the first p ...
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Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited, Ranipur
Ranipur Or BHEL, Ranipur is a town in Haridwar district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is the township developed by Public sector Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL). Overview The town was built in the early 60s, around the Ranipur plant of Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) part of Nehruvian dream of "temples of modern India". It was developed with Russian and Czech technological collaboration, at peak of Indo-Soviet partnership. In an important move in 1962, Indian signed an agreement with the Soviet Union for the supply of Rs. 23 crores worth of equipment by Heavy Electrical Equipment Plants. In the subsequent years, looking at the need for more advanced technology, it tied up with Siemens AG of Germany for the production of high capacity steam turbines and generators. In 1999, the Ranipur plant, reached a turnover of Rs 1100 crore, which reached Rs 2,658 crore for the year 2007-08. The HEEP plant along had over 7,500 employees. Today BHEL, is one of Indi ...
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Republic Of India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73 and 55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. ...
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Govt
A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a means by which organizational policies are enforced, as well as a mechanism for determining policy. In many countries, the government has a kind of constitution, a statement of its governing principles and philosophy. While all types of organizations have governance, the term ''government'' is often used more specifically to refer to the approximately 200 independent national governments and subsidiary organizations. The main types of modern political systems recognized are democracies, totalitarian regimes, and, sitting between these two, authoritarian regimes with a variety of hybrid regimes. Modern classification systems also include monarchies as a standalone entity or as a hybrid system of the main three. Historically prevalent forms ...
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