Uttarakhand (Utt) Hin: उत्तराखण्ड uttarākhaṇḍ ‘Northern Region’ From Skt/Hin: uttara/uttari, ‘north(ern)’; and Hin: khaṇḍa, ‘region’, ‘section’. When it was first created in 2000 (it split off from Uttar Pradesh) this state was called Uttaranchal, ‘northern mountains’...
Hin: देहरादून deharāḍūn ‘Valley Camp’ [Dehra Doon] -City/Capital/District, Uttarakhand From Hin: ḍērā, ‘encampment’, ‘temporary settlement’; and dūn(a), ‘valley’ The Doon Valley lies in a valley 4-700m up in the Himalayan foothills. The city itself is surrounded by...
