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Hindustan is expanding rapidly in the state of Uttar Pradesh, which is the largest Hindi newspaper market, and where it is the fastest growing Hindi daily. Apart from a long-standing presence in Lucknow and Varanasi, Hindustan was launched in Meerut, Agra and Kanpur in 2006. In 2008, Hindustan launched in the cities of
Dehradun Post-Independence. Dehradun has expanded as a city post-1947 and got its most iconic and central monument, the Clock Tower, soon after. The construction work of the six-faced Clock Tower, also called Ghanta Ghar, began in the year 1948 and its foundation stone was laid by Sarojini Naidu. It was built in the memory of local resident ...
Dehradun (/ ˌ d ɛr ə ˈ d uː n /), also known as Dehra Doon, is the capital and the most populous city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand.It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and is governed by the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, with the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly holding its winter sessions in the city as its winter capital.
According to the 2011 Census of India, Uttarakhand has a population of 10,086,292 comprising 5,137,773 males and 4,948,519 females, with 69.77% of the population living in rural areas. The state is the 20th most populous state of the country having 0.83% of the population on 1.63% of the land.
The Delhi–Dehradun Expressway, also known as National Highway 72A ( NH 72A ), [2] [3] is an under-construction, 210 kilometres (130 mi) long, 12/6 lane access-controlled expressway, which will connect Delhi, the national capital of India, with Dehradun, the capital of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It will pass through the states of Delhi ...
Hindustan. Hindūstān ( pronunciation ⓘ) is a name for India, broadly referring to the Indian subcontinent. [1] Being the Iranic cognate of the Indic word Sindhu, [2] it originally referred to the land of lower Indus basin (present-day Sindh ). [3] Later, the term referred to the Indo-Gangetic plain, and became the classical name of the ...
Source: ESPNcricinfo. Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, also colloquially known as Dehradun Cricket stadium is a cricket stadium in Dehradun, Uttarakhand in India. [3] It is the home ground of Uttarakhand cricket team . It is the first international standard stadium in the Uttarakhand state and was constructed in amount of 237 cr.
Blood red and steel grey. 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 under the chairmanship of General (later Field Marshal) Sir Philip Chetwode ...