Chandmari is a village in the town of Doiwala, in

Dehradun district Dehradun district () is a district in Garhwal which is a part of Uttarakhand state in northern India. The district headquarters is Dehradun, which has also served as the interim capital of Uttarakhand since its founding in 2000. The district ha ...

in the state of

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...

, India. In the past it was a shooting range for the army and housed the local Ahmed satellite station, which is important to the region for its role in being the second oldest satellite station in the country. Despite its low population and highly forested land, the village is important due to its accelerated urbanization and its proximity to the border of

Rajaji National Park Rajaji National Park is a national park and tiger reserve in the Haridwar, Dehradun and Pauri Garhwal districts of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It encompasses an area of in the Sivalik Hills. In 1983, three wildlife sanctuaries in th ...

, its closeness to both the railway station, the nearby Picnic Spot at Lachhiwala and local Doiwala landmarks like the Rambagh house. The Rambagh house lends its name to the Rambagh colony and is situated opposite to the estate (supposedly the pukka house - local lingo for modern cement and concrete structures - has been around for three quarters of a century - with a more primitive building having existed decades before that).

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{{Dehradun district Villages in Dehradun district