Laldhang

Coordinates: 29°51′N 78°19′E / 29.85°N 78.32°E / 29.85; 78.32
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Laldhang
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Telephone code01334
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Websiteuk.gov.in

Laldhang[1] is a town in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, 30 km from Haridwar, and 27 km from Kotdwar.

Geography

Laldhaang (लालढांग) is located at 29°51′N 78°19′E / 29.85°N 78.32°E / 29.85; 78.32.

NH-74).[2]

Local attractions

Corbett National Park
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The main market of Laldhang has a Shiv Temple, with 'Panchyatan Shivling', brought from Panduwala, an archaeological site, two km. from Laldhang, where ruins of temples, and remains of earthenware dated to pre and post medieval period have been found.[3]

  • Shiv mandir laldhang
    Shiv mandir laldhang

History

During the times of

Marathas as a release price [4]

After 1774, when the Rohilla power east of the Ganges was crushed, it was also the site where the final treaty by which the Bijnor territory of Rohilla was incorporated in Awadh, which was thereafter ceded to the British by the Nawab of Awadh, Shuja-ud-Daula in 1801 [4] the natural temple of history-sunil badola rasulpur/lal dhang

Edward Gibbon mentions "Loldong" as the nearby landmark for the unrecognized location of "Coupele," the scene of Timur's last victory on his march to Delhi. (Volume 6, Chapter 65)

Politics

Laldhang was an assembly constituency of

Legislative Assembly, till 2012 when it was incorporated in newly created Haridwar Rural assembly seat. Here, present MLA is Smt Anupama Rawat of Indian National Congress (INC).[1][5]

References

  1. ^ a b Members of Uttarakhand State Legislative Assembly (Haridwar) Archived 15 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Haridwar district Official website.
  2. ^ a b Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Lal Dhang
  3. Pauri Garhwal District
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  4. ^ a b Bijnor The Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909, v. 8, pp. 194–195.
  5. ^ List of Public Representatives from Haridwar Archived 19 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine Haridwar district Official website.

External links

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