Dehradun is the capital of newly created state Uttaranchal
in November 2000. Now Uttranchal is replaced with the name of Uttarakhnad.
Before separation uttarakhnand is the part of Uttar Pradesh (UP).Uttarakhnad is
the 27th state of the India. Dehradun is nested in the Himalaya Mountains. It is located on the foot of Shivalik
hills. Dehradun city is one of the oldest cities of India.
There are so many headquarters and National originations are
situated in this city and the name of the organization is Survey of India,
ONGC, Indian Institute of Petroleum, and Forest Research
Institute etc.
Most of the well known educational institute likes Lal Bahadur Shahstri
National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Indian Military Academy (IMA),
Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), RIMC (Rashtriya Indian
Military College)
are also situated on Dehradun.
