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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).
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]
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 National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) [1] is a technical intelligence agency under the National Security Advisor in the Prime Minister's Office, India. [2] It was set up in 2004. [3]
In March 2016, capping a nine-day high-voltage political drama, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union Government brought Uttarakhand under President's rule citing a constitutional breakdown in the wake of a rebellion in then state-ruling Indian National Congress, which slammed the decision calling it a "murder of democracy" and a "black day".
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 .
Lakhwar-Vyasi Dam project on Yamuna River, includes under-construction Lakhwar Dam and Power Station, Vyasi Dam, Hathiari Power Station and Katapathar Barrage, near the Lakhwar town in Kalsi block of Dehradun district of Uttarakhand in India, for the purpose of irrigation of 40,000 hectare land and total 927 MW hydroelectric power generation.
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]