Prem Nagar is a locality in

Dehradun Dehradun (), also known as Dehra Doon, is the winter capital and the List of cities in Uttarakhand by population, most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Dehradun district, d ...

district of

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. With total population o
11830
It was named after Ral Bahadur Prem Nath. Following the creation of the Indian Military College in 1922 in the nearby village of Garhi, the

Indian Military Academy The Indian Military Academy (IMA) is one of the oldest military academies in India, and trains officers for the Indian Army. Located in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, it was established in 1932 following a recommendation by a military committee set up ...

was founded in 1932 in Prem Nagar on the grounds of the Railway Staff College. Today, Premnagar and the academy lies just off

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(Chakarata Road), about .,"Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun"
eUttaranchal, accessed 5 December 2008 Premnagar is a cantonment area of

Dehradun Cantonment Dehradun Cantonment is a cantonment town in Dehradun district in the state of Uttarakhand, India. It was established in 1913. Demographics India census, Dehradun Cantonment had a population of 30,102. Males constitute 52% of the population an ...

. It's the main bazaar for a number of local areas and towns.

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Villages in Dehradun district {{Uttarakhand-geo-stub