Thursday 23 April 2015

UTTARANCHAL (CARVED OUT OF UTTAR PORADESH)

UTTARANCHAL (CARVED OUT OF UTTAR PORADESH)

Area:: 53, 484 sq. km.

Population: 84, 79, 562

Principal languages: Hindi, Garhwali and Kumauni

Capital: Dehradun.

Situation: A separate hill state, 27th state of India. It is surrounded by U.P. in the south and Haryana in the West, Himachal Pradesh in the northwest and also shares borders with China in the north and Nepal in the east.

DEHRADUN

·         Capital city of Uttaranchal.

·         Famous for military and forest trading centre.

HARIDWAR

·         A plant of BHEL (bharat heavy electronically ltd.) is located.

RISHIKESH

·         The Hindustan Antibiotics Plant located here is one of the largest in the world.


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