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McLeod Ganj or McLeodganj (pronounced / m ə ˈ k l aʊ d ˌ ɡ ʌ n dʒ /) is a suburb of Dharamshala in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, India. It is known as "Little Lhasa " or "Dhasa" as the Tibetan government-in-exile is headquartered here and there is a significant population of Tibetans in the region.
Ferozepore–MacLeod Ganj line, Ferozepore to McLeod Ganj (a suburb of Dharamsala), opened 1906, 75 miles (120 km) Sutlej Valley Extension Railway BG Total line length 208 miles (335 km). Pages 124-5 (pdf135-6) Kasur-Lodhran Railway, Kasur to Lodhran, opened 1910, closed and dismantled 1917–18, 208 miles (335 km)
In May 1960, the Central Tibetan Administration was moved to Dharamshala when Jawaharlal Nehru, then Prime Minister of India allowed him and his followers to settle in McLeod Ganj north of Dharamshala. [18] [19] There they established the "government-in-exile" in 1960 and the Namgyal Monastery. [20]
Past Dharamkot, at a distance of 9 km from McLeodGanj, much of which is a steady climb, Triund is at the foot of the Dhauladhar ranges and is at a height of 2,827 m. The snow line is the most easily accessible in the entire Himalayan range starts from Ilaqua, 4 km from Triund.
Since Delhi would benefit from rerouting the vehicular away from it, Delhi state agreed to bear half of the land acquisition cost of the expressway. [18] In 2006, the Haryana government began work on Western Peripheral Expressway project, [ 19 ] when the tender was awarded to KMP Expressways ltd. with commercial operations supposed to begin in ...
A new 43 km long railway line to Abohar towards the south has been constructed to shorten the distance to Bikaner by over 100 km. Trains on the new railway line to Abohar began running in July 2012. An express train started between Sri Ganganagar and Firozpur via Abohar and Fazilka in November 2012 on this track.
It was built in 1852 and is located near Dharamshala, India, on the way to McLeod Ganj, at Forsyth Gunj. Set amidst deodar forest, and built in neo-Gothic architecture, the Church is known for its Belgian stained-glass windows donated by Lady Elgin (Mary Louisa Lambton), wife of Lord Elgin. The Church is under Diocese of Amritsar.
The Kangra Valley Railway is a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge railway that runs from Pathankot, Punjab to Jogindernagar in Himachal Pradesh.It runs through the sub-Himalayan region of Kangra Valley and is 164 km (101.9 mi) long.