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Chakrata is one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. It includes Chakrata area of Dehradun District. This seat is previously known as Chakrata Constituency before 2002 Delimitation. Chakrata Legislative Assembly constituency is a part of Tehri Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency).
The area is known as Jaunsar-Bawar, [2]. In 1901, Chakrata Tehsil was part of the Dehradun district, of United Provinces, with a collective population of 51,101, which consisted of the towns of Chakrata (population 1250) and Kalsi, with a population of 760, [2] which is most known for the rock edict of the Mauryan king Ashoka 2nd century BC, first discovered by John Forest, in 1860.
The district headquarters is Dehradun, which has also served as the interim capital of Uttarakhand since its founding in 2000. The district has 6 tehsils, 6 community development blocks, 17 towns and 764 inhabited villages, and 18 unpopulated villages. As of 2011, it is the second most populous district of Uttarakhand (out of 13), after ...
Tehsil Tyuni (also written as Tiuni) is a tehsil, or administrative division, in the Dehradun district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. [1] It is located in the northern part of the district and shares its borders with the tehsil Chakrata to south, district Uttarkashi to north and Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh to the west. [2]
It is the border area of Garhwal region in Uttarakhand. In 1829, Jaunsar-Bawar was incorporated in Chakrata tehsil, prior to which it had been a part of Punjab state of Sirmaur , until the British conquered it along with Dehradun after the 1814 war with the Gorkhas .
The Tiger Falls are hidden in the hilly terrains of Chakrata in Uttarakhand, India. It is 98 km from the state capital, Dehradun, 20 km from Chakrata and can be reached by a 5 km trek with rhododendron and oak trees surroundings. At an elevation of 312 ft, it is considered the highest direct waterfall in India.
2016 Kashmir unrest. 2016 Indian Air Force An-32 disappearance. 2 July - At least 30 died in heavy rains in Uttarakhand. [25] 3 August – Goods and Services Tax (India) Bill passed in Parliament. [26] [27] 5 August – 2016 Kokrajhar shooting. 9 August – Manipur activist Irom Sharmila ended her 16 years of hunger strike. [28]
Chakrata, Uttarakhand, is where SFF personnel are trained in stealth combat and scouting techniques. The idea of raising a specialized force consisting of Tibetan refugees and Tibetan resistance fighters in India against the Chinese was first mooted by General K S Thimayya when he was leading the Indian Army between May 1957 and May 1961. [9]